We're just wondering where the special powers of Scotch Tape truly end?

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He estimates that 3M makes 65, 000 products, ranging from Scotch tape to film for solar-energy panels, dental braces and dog chews.

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Researchers at the University of Toronto used everyday Scotch Tape (or double-sided poster tape, specifically) to bestow a semiconductor with superconducting properties.

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Taking a second sheet of paper and a roll of Scotch tape, he taped his scene together, but broken: a Cubist vision of Highway 49.

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Although the faded blue paper is torn at the edges, with pieces of Scotch tape scarring the back, the intricate white ink designs vividly evoke the lost stadium.

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Certainly, product categories such as refrigerators or even smartphones have achieved even deeper penetration, but looking at single companies, it's a short list with probable names such as GE (light bulbs) or 3M (Scotch tape).

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The maker of Scotch-brand tape was sued by a competitor who accused 3M of using price rebates to break into the market for private-label tape.

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Validation of the tape would scotch popular speculation that the al-Qaeda leader is incapacitated or dead.

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