The Nike S.T. Charge was revealed during NBA All-Star Weekend.

XAPURI, BrazilXAPURI, Brazil — Rubber tapper Raimundo Mendes de Barros prepares to leave his home, surrounded by rainforest, for an errand in the Brazilian Amazon city of Xapuri. He slides his long, ...

Without the US Rubber Company, which was founded in Connecticut in 1892, there would be no such thing as sneakers. It’s true: From 1892 until 1913, the company’s factories manufactured vulcanized ...

You might not run faster or jump higher with shoes soled in new super rubber, but they could save your knees and eventually power your iPod. Japanese scientists have created a new kind of carbon-based ...