Price stickers, labels on jars, decals—these informative, decorative, or simply provocative sticky things can be surprisingly tough to remove. Even when you succeed in peeling off most of a sticker, ...

Sticker residue may be unsightly on plastic, but it's easy to remove. Household products like olive oil and peanut butter can get that gunk right off.

There are several household hacks for removing pesky sticker residue. First, try to remove as much residue as possible with your fingers. Choose the proper removal method to avoid scratching, melting, ...

Surfaces are usually designed to have a certain topography, and you'll usually have to choose if they're sticky or slippery depending on what you need. But now, Harvard scientists have led an ...

Troy, N.Y. – Changing a surface from sticky to slippery could now be as easy as flipping a molecular light switch. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created an "optically switchable ...

WATCHING paint dry isn’t normally a very exciting affair. But it turns out there is more happening at the surface – and indeed all surfaces – than meets the eye. Understanding what is going on there ...

A research team that has already conquered the problem of getting ketchup out of its bottle has now tackled a new category of consumer and manufacturing woe: how to get much thicker materials to slide ...

RALEIGH – Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown that “sticky” hairlike structures on tobacco leaves can help attract beneficial insects that scavenge on other insects trapped on ...

Removing a price sticker to find sticky residue is the worst. Test any chemical treatments on an inconspicuous area to avoid damaging surfaces. Common household items like rubbing alcohol, vinegar, WD ...