The natural world is a great source of inspiration for scientists working on advanced adhesives, where everything from gecko skin to bee slobber have provided blueprints for next-generation materials ...

Scientists have developed an adhesive that is both sticky and reusable thanks to inspiration from snail mucus, according to a new study. Things stick together thanks to a combination of various ...

You can stop skulking around labs trying to get bitten by radioactive spiders – a new breakthrough could make it easier than ever to get Spider-Man’s wall-crawling powers. Scientists in Singapore have ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) – It’s not your average sticky tape. One of the “toughest materials ever reported” in the form of a reusable adhesive has been developed by researchers at the Department of ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a reusable adhesive from waste polymers that is tougher than commercial glues, works underwater as well as in dry ...

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a smart, reusable adhesive more than ten times stronger than a gecko’s feet adhesion, pointing the way for ...

Researchers at Colorado State University have developed an adhesive polymer that is stronger than current commercially available options while also being biodegradable and reusable. The findings – ...

Researchers have introduced a new cutting-edge reusable adhesive that activates in seconds, works underwater, and is strong enough to deadlift 11 pounds: shape memory polymers (SMPs). Illinois ...

A team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts in the United States has developed a new, reusable adhesive based on the feet of the gecko. Around 60 per cent of gecko species have adhesive ...