Microbial fermentation holds promise for making three renewable rubber intermediates: isoprene, isobutene, and butadiene. The compounds cover a wide swath of ground for the rubber-making industry.

Climate change, capitalism and disease are threatening to strike a mortal blow to the world's rubber trees. Do we need to find alternative sources of rubber before it's too late? Natural rubber is a ...

This story appears in the January 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sometimes you just want to spend a few hours washing your truck. It’s a beautiful day, all of northern Thailand vibrant in ...

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