Discover how X-rays from sticky tape are generated, offering an inexpensive method for X-ray production in a vacuum machine. Peeling a roll of ordinary sticky tape can generate 100 milliwatt pulses of ...

Scotch tape won’t fix a broken bone, but it might be able to tell you that the bone is broken. Tim Koeth, featured in the August 2010 edition of symmetry, is working to figure out how this humble ...

Despite the name, Scotch tape wasn’t invented by the Scottish. It was invented by a college dropout named Richard Drew from Minnesota who worked for a small sandpaper company founded in 1902 called ...

It's been used for everything from wrapping gifts to protecting blimps. It is so commonplace that it is easy to take for granted. Yet Scotch ® Transparent Tape has an extraordinary history marked with ...