The tape was originally called duck tape because of its water-resistant qualities. It repelled water like a duck's back, and it used to be made out of a cotton duck fabric without any adhesive layers.

Burglars are using the 'sticky tape trick' to break into homes - here's what it is and how to prevent it from working The method is used by home burglars determining if a house is OK to break into ...

Share News in Science Sticky tape a source of x-ray vision Thursday, 23 October 2008 AFP The researchers used the peeling sticky tape to create x-ray images of a human finger ...

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A ‘shocklingly simple’ design based on kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, makes sticky tape 60 times stronger, but easy to peel off in one direction By Chen Ly 22 June 2023 ...

Sticky tape was the unlikely route to a Nobel prize for these researchers It sounds like an unusual way to win a Nobel Prize. But ordinary sticky tape was crucial to the breakthrough that yielded ...