The researchers used Scotch tape to create a tiny grasping claw that collects droplets of water, an innovation could be used to collect water samples for environmental testing. The material, seen here ...

A research team led by Richard Drew had spent nearly a year developing the clear sticky tape, which 3M proceeded to market under the brand-name "Scotch." From the first, sales of the new all ...

In 1925, the world's first pressure- sensitive adhesive tape -- Scotch brand masking tape -- quietly entered the world. But the world would have to wait five years more for its inventor ...