Materials can store information about their past—like a crease in a piece of paper that has been unfolded is a "memory" of ...

There’s a certain patience required for studying sticky tape. Sure, sometimes experiments require peeling, but other times, researchers must simply sit around and wait for the adhesive to fail. These ...

A way to modify sticky tape inspired by kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, could make it 60 times stronger, while remaining easy to peel off. There are two main types of adhesives: strong ...

Postdoctoral scholar Sebanti Chattopadhyay prepares to load adhesive tape into the device built to study material memory in adhesive tape.