rubberlike

After Sanjiv was anesthetized, Sievers removed pulp from the pulp cavity inside the tooth, disinfected the area and then filled it with a rubberlike material called gutta-percha to make a watertight seal.

This adhesive replaces the gooey liquid placed between a traditional ultrasound wand and the skin, and it is a hybrid of a water-rich polymer called a hydrogel and a rubberlike material called an elastomer.

“When I smell something, I smell something that may be rubberlike,” Yager said.

A rubberlike stretchable active matrix using elastic conductors.

Artisan work from far-flung corners of the vast country is on display in seven rooms, everything from intricate wooden flowers to sandals made from the rubberlike product of the balata tree.