{"id":102,"date":"2026-01-03T12:07:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/?p=102"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:08:05","slug":"scientists-made-glue-so-strong-it-can-tow-an-entire-car-created-from-leftover-cooking-oil-containing-fatty-acids-ideal-for-making-flexible-durable-and-moisture-resistant-polymers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"Scientists made glue so strong it can tow an entire car, created from leftover cooking oil containing fatty acids ideal for making flexible, durable, and moisture-resistant polymers."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Scientists made glue so strong it can tow an entire car, created from leftover cooking oil containing fatty acids ideal for making flexible, durable, and moisture-resistant polymers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Researchers from the University of South Carolina synthesized polyesters from waste cooking oil that rival low-density polyethylene in strength and notably outperform commercial adhesives.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">When researchers glued stainless steel plates together, they stayed together even when used to tow a 3,500-pound sedan on a slope.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The glue can also be molded into a stick and used in hot glue guns like regular EVA glue sticks, lifting up to 270 pounds without breaking.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">About 3.7 billion gallons of waste cooking oil are generated annually. The ester bonds make these materials biodegradable and recyclable, offering environmentally friendly alternatives to petroleum-based plastics.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/610746462_1317762087058499_9150202323411195446_n-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/610746462_1317762087058499_9150202323411195446_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/newsliked.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/610746462_1317762087058499_9150202323411195446_n.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists made glue so strong it can tow an entire car, created from leftover cooking oil containing fatty acids ideal for making flexible, durable, and moisture-resistant polymers. Researchers from the University of South Carolina synthesized polyesters from waste cooking oil that rival low-density polyethylene in strength and notably outperform commercial adhesives. When researchers glued stainless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}