(San Francisco) Tony Lopez reports the 28,520-acre Moonlight fire is between 8 and 10 percent contained.
(Denver) Staff Sergeant Matt Kyle was seriously injured in Iraq. He and his wife Tracy have been searching for a place to live. Now that search has come to an end, in the form of a huge surprise gift.
(Pittsburgh) Dozens of local soldiers returned home to the Pittsburgh area from Iraq; KDKA`s Mary robb Jackson reports.
Rubber
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This article is about the polymeric material. For other uses, see Rubber (disambiguation).
Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree
Natural rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer that naturally occurs as a milky colloidal suspension, or latex, in the sap of some plants. It can also be synthesized. The entropy model of rubber was developed in 1934 by Werner Kuhn. The scientific name for the rubber tree is Hevea brasiliensis.
