Adhesives are everywhere, from the tape used in households to the bonding materials in vehicles and electronics. The search ...

So these chemists made a polymer that stays flexible, even in liquid nitrogen, allowing it to bond to surfaces when very cold. This new adhesive could be useful in aerospace and polar environments.

Hoyong Chung, right, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College ...

The glue has long flexible molecules in it called polymers. These polymer molecules slide past each other as a liquid. Borax in water forms an ion called the borate ion. When the borax solution is ...