Could a cheap roll of duct tape help protect your home from flooding? New research suggests it could make a surprisingly big ...

Researchers say readily available tape could help households prevent flood damage.

Gaffer and duct tape could offer better emergency protection against floodwater than traditional sandbags, cutting leakage by ...

Over the past half a century, duct tape has been keeping NASA's astronauts alive, putting airplanes back together, making race cars speedier and patching up millions of fix-it projects. It's even been ...

If you happen to be working on a Halloween costume this week, remember two things: Nothing beats duck tape when you need to fashion a quick coffin or a knight’s shield, and if you do a really good job ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Narrator: Duct tape can hold just about anything together. We use it for all sorts of repairs and even as a decorative addition to various arts and crafts. But what ...

In the 1940s, the United States military asked Johnson & Johnson to devise "a waterproof, strong cloth based tape that could keep moisture out of ammunition cases," according to Boston.com. The result ...

Pause before tossing away that empty duct tape roll. Did you know it can come in handy for making a DIY planter? You just need some twine, newspaper, and glue.

If you’ve been rolling your eyes at people who say “duck tape” adhesive, prepare some apologies. The durable cloth-backed tape first appeared during World War II, when Johnson & Johnson developed an ...