Editing Article Page

Title

Content

<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/biodegradable_tires.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Research Breakthrough for Biodegradable Tires?' data-article-id='1841'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10854'>Researchers say they have created a new synthetic rubber that could be used to make biodegradable tires.</span> <span data-start-time='10854' data-end-time='22875'>A team at Texas A&M University&rsquo;s campus in the Gulf nation of Qatar is testing the synthetic rubber.</span> <span data-start-time='22875' data-end-time='35063'>One of the researchers, Robert Tuba, said the goal is to find a way to make fully recyclable tires.</span> <span data-start-time='35063' data-end-time='42875'>Rubber tires thrown into landfills decompose very slowly.</span> <span data-start-time='42875' data-end-time='49646'>They are a fire risk and can release chemicals into the soil.</span> <span data-start-time='49646' data-end-time='57792'>If they collect water, they can also become a breeding ground for mosquitoes.</span> <span data-start-time='57792' data-end-time='68354'>The research team discovered a by-product of the oil refining process called cyclopentene. </span> <span data-start-time='68354' data-end-time='78104'>This was combined with a polymer to make a substance very similar to natural rubber.</span> <span data-start-time='78104' data-end-time='89708'>The new synthetic rubber is being tested to see if it can be mixed with metal and other materials now used in making tires.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/biodegradable_tires.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7099 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/what_does_biodegradable_mean.m4a'>What does biodegradable mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='able to break down without harming the environment'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/to_place_in_a_garbage_dump.m4a'><span>to place in a garbage dump</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/able_to_break_down_without_harming_the_environment.m4a'><span>able to break down without harming the environment</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/not_able_to_be_broken_down_naturally.m4a'><span>not able to be broken down naturally</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/to_realse_toxic_chemicals.m4a'><span>to release toxic chemicals</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7100 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/what_type_of_rubber_is_used_to_make_them_biodegradable.m4a'>What type of rubber is used to make them biodegradable?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='synthetic'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/thick.m4a'><span>thick</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/synthetic.m4a'><span>synthetic</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/thin.m4a'><span>thin</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/colored.m4a'><span>colored</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7101 data-hint-location='35063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/rubber_tires_thrown_into_landfills__blank__very_slowly.m4a'>Rubber tires thrown into landfills <span class='blank'>decompose</span> very slowly.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='decompose'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/burn.m4a'><span>burn</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/deflate.m4a'><span>deflate</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/decompose.m4a'><span>decompose</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1354/pile_up.m4a'><span>pile up</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

Sound name

Show | Back