August 7, 2007

New Superglue created by Biomedical engineers

Biomedical engineers from the North western University have created a new type of superglue, this has been made after the team behind it, studied Geckos and Mussels. These creatures are able to stick to surfaces such as walls, vegetation and rocks with ease, this process intrigued the researchers and so the study of these creatures commenced.

In the case of the geckos, there are many very fine hairs, which create a chemical bond between the two surfaces, while mussels can do the same, but in their case it is underwater. These natural bonding abilities have been used to create the product called Geckel.

Source [Gecko Dynamics]

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