latex
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To create the biomaterial, the scientists manually collected latex from freshly harvested jackfruit and carefully purified it.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
When forensic experts climbed on board, wearing white hazmat suits and blue latex gloves, they found that the evidence inside was almost entirely unspoiled, according to German investigators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Costs have been affected "across the board", including the price of condom material nitrile latex and natural rubber.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
The policy applies to land owned and maintained by the council, as well as the adopted highway but does not cover air-filled latex balloons or releases on private land.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Maybe it was his demeanor, or the latex gloves on Jerome Paisley’s hands, or the fact that he was the one who had shouted at Rosemary to call the police.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
As a result, for the first time, the team were able to use light to produce polystyrene latexes with particle sizes greater than one micrometer and with highly uniform diameters.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
"The system could potentially be used in all areas where latexes are used, such as films, coatings, supports for diagnostics, and more," Lacôte says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
Short-wavelength radiation is scattered when the particle size becomes close to the radiation wavelength, making latexes with particle sizes larger than the incoming wavelengths difficult to produce.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
In those days methods and formulæ were rather haphazard, especially in view of the fact that the daily variability of dry rubber content of latices was not then recognised.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
And according to Columella, the Horehound is a serviceable remedy against the Cankerworm in trees: Profuit et plantis latices infundere amaros marrubii.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
The introduction by the Rubber Growers’ Association of the “Metrolac” led to uniform dilution of latices varying in rubber content.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
Previously the only known method of obtaining uniformity in colour and appearance was that by which latices from all fields were mixed together in bulk.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
The remedy obviously is to reduce the variation in latices by diluting them all to a standard rubber content as is done in sheet preparation.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
