Silly putty is stretchy and sticky, and if you're not careful, its ooey-gooey texture can easily get stuck in places you don't want it, like your carpet, couch, and clothes. If you get silly putty ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s easy to dismiss Silly Putty as a kid’s toy. But the ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have combined nanomaterial graphene and the kid's toy Silly Putty, creating a sensor sensitive enough for a range of applications, including measuring spider ...

Silly Putty, the toy ubiquitous in nearly every household and elementary classroom, is the inspiration behind the latest type of wearable sensors. The putty is essentially a polymer, and if combined ...

Graphene, which consists of carbon atoms linked together to form a one-atom-thick sheet, could certainly be described as a wonder material – among other things, it's highly electrically conductive, ...

Scientists in Ireland are using a rather unexpected material to make an extremely sensitive pressure detector: Silly Putty. The Irish researchers combined the kids' plaything with a special form of ...

Most people would agree: Silly putty is one of those throwback toys from our childhood that we would love to bring back into our lives. Well, thanks to the latest makeup innovation, you finally can, ...

On April 8, Caitlyn Matherne, Southeastern Louisiana University biochemistry student, visited Independence Leadership Academy students. The Chem Demo, provided by Benjamin Wicker and the SLU chemistry ...

If you liked the movie The Blob, then feast your eyes on this: It's tricked-out Silly Putty in the form of a gelatinous monster that eats magnets... If you're old enough to remember the movie The Blob ...

Tuesday was the ninth annual Silly Putty Drop, the day when N.C. State science and engineering summer campers see what happens when you drop a 100-pound ball of silly putty from the top of D.H. Hill ...