A Goodyear service technician checks tire pressure. For passenger cars, ten to 14 percent of fuel consumption is used to roll tires on the road. Goodyear is investigating how silica combined with rubber improves tire efficiency.

Delta Faucet Co. and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced partnerships July 24 with the Center for the Advancement of Science is Space to send microgravity experiments to the International Space Station later this year.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...