Of the duo that created 3M's now-ubiquitous Post-it Notes, Spencer Silver was, quite literally, the glue. Silver, a chemist from Texas, created the adhesive that gives Post-it Notes their stickiness.

I’ve long been on the hunt for a perfect label. Everyone knows that duct tape leaves a mark, and blue painter’s tape can also be very hard to remove if left for too long. I tried using Post-it notes, ...

Did you know that Post-it Notes come in a color other than canary yellow? Well, I guess I'm just a traditionalist. I've only used yellow Post-it Notes for as long as I can remember. The other day I ...

Four creatives share how the humble but ubiquitous sticky notes have improved their work, from organising maps to involving 30 households in the design of their homes. The origin of sticky notes is ...

I'll hold my hands up and admit I am guilty of over-shopping, especially when it comes to clothes. Recently, my backlog of clothing came to a head, so I decided to give a visual decluttering method a ...

He created the adhesive that lets the small, square notes stick to surfaces. They became one of the most ubiquitous office products ever conceived. By Richard Sandomir Spencer Silver, a research ...

Spencer Silver, a research chemist at 3M who inadvertently created the not-too-sticky adhesive that allows Post-it Notes to be removed from surfaces as easily as they adhere to them, died Saturday at ...