As you peel, the adhesive continues to cling stubbornly to the surface for a fraction of a second. That's the stick part.

A new experiment has uncovered the mechanism responsible for the screeching sound made by peeling sticky tape. Using a ...

Scotch tape has been a household mainstay for nearly a century, but it still holds some scientific surprises. Researchers have discovered that the screeching sound emitted when one rapidly peels ...

In 1939, scientists discovered that peeling Scotch tape in the dark produces a visible blue glow due to a build-up of electrical charge and the sudden tearing of the adhesive. The phenomenon, known as ...

Although not as reviled as the sound of nails on chalkboard, the sound of adhesive tape being peeled is quite probably at ...

No doubt many of you have spent a happy Christmas tearing away layers of wrapping paper to expose some new gadget. But did you stop to spare a thought for the “sticky-back plastic” holding your ...

As helpful as Band-Aids are, ripping them off your skin is never fun – but just imagine having one on your heart or lung. Researchers at MIT have now managed to create surgical tape that can stick to ...

The makers of Gorilla Glue have come out with a clear tape that stands up to tough repairs. Gorilla Clear Repair can be used to fix most surfaces, such as cracked smartphone screens, broken headlights ...

As is so often the case these days for those searching for a better way to stick stuff together, researchers from the Zoological Institute at the University of Kiel in Germany have turned to the ...