Things can get a little sticky on a cargo ship navigating the high seas. The State Ports Authority and The 3M Co. are trying to find out just how sticky. The maritime agency has partnered with the ...

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The streets of Hong Kong are being plastered with thousands of Post-it notes carrying messages from protesters rallying against a controversial extradition bill. The protests have been going on for ...

Of the duo that created 3M's now-ubiquitous Post-it Notes, Spencer Silver was, quite literally, the glue. Silver, a chemist from Texas, created the adhesive that gives Post-it Notes their stickiness.

Four creatives share how the humble but ubiquitous sticky notes have improved their work, from organising maps to involving 30 households in the design of their homes. The origin of sticky notes is ...

3M is being sued for fraud for the second time by inventor Alan Amron, who claims Post-it Notes were spurred from his idea for “Press-on Memos.” He filed his suit on Monday. Amron originally went ...

Sometimes, failure sticks better than success. In 1968, a scientist at 3M tried to invent one of the strongest adhesives ever made. Instead, he created one of the weakest. That so-called mistake would ...

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