Have you ever thought about repairing your leaky faucet without shutting off your home water supply? Or fixing your pool without emptying it first? Or restoring your boat directly at the marina? It ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A non-toxic glue modeled after adhesive proteins produced by mussels and other creatures has been found to out-perform commercially available products, pointing toward potential ...

Anyone who has ever made the mistake of wearing a Band-Aid in the shower knows all too well that adhesives which appear to be secure when dry quickly peel off when they get wet. The challenge of ...

(Nanowerk News) Several marine organisms, such as mussels, secrete adhesive proteins that allow them to stick to different surfaces under sea water. This attractive underwater adhesion property has ...

Hydrogels are a permeable soft material consisting of polymer networks and water with applications ranging from biomedical engineering to contact lenses. Intrinsic to hydrogels is the ability to endow ...

Adhesives that can form bonds underwater would be useful for many biomedical applications, yet few synthetic adhesives exist today. In the last decade, researchers have begun to look to the sea to ...

Scientists replicate the molecular properties of the natural cement used by barnacles and mussels to create a powerful adhesive using silk protein. The new adhesive can work well in both dry and ...

Researchers have used synthetic biology to bring together the best of spider silk and mussel foot protein in a biocompatible adhesive. Several marine organisms, such as mussels, secrete adhesive ...