Most people would agree: Silly putty is one of those throwback toys from our childhood that we would love to bring back into our lives. Well, thanks to the latest makeup innovation, you finally can, ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Sorry to burst your bubble, kids, but there’s really nothing that silly about Silly Putty. Not when you think about all you can do with ...

Silly Putty, the toy ubiquitous in nearly every household and elementary classroom, is the inspiration behind the latest type of wearable sensors. The putty is essentially a polymer, and if combined ...

Born from a wartime quest for rubber, Silly Putty emerged as an unexpected, stretchy, and bouncy material. Initially deemed ...

We all had Silly Putty as children, the wonderful toy that we used for everything from bouncy balls to pencil holders to a way to lift comics off of the newspaper page. Others have discovered ...

I always liked a little silly putty when I was younger, but now there’s a new blob on the block. The next generation of silly putty, now called ‘Magnetic Thinking Putty,’ has millions of tiny ...

Silly Putty may no longer be silly, at least according to researchers at Trinity College Dublin. After adding graphene flakes to the novelty toy, the team discovered that it works as a pressure sensor ...

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We all knew Silly Putty was special — the elastic-y, liquid-y toy is tons of fun to use. Well, now it has scientific applications, also. Researchers have discover that Silly Putty, when mixed with ...