Getting glue to stick in dry conditions is relatively easy, but having it maintain a bond underwater is much more difficult. That said, a new bio-based glue not only works underwater, it actually gets ...

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 ...

Researchers have used a novel method to replicate mussel-adhesive proteins, creating a stronger glue than the material they set out to mimic. Those who have tried to pry a mussel from anything from ...

Researchers glued a rubber duck to a rock by the sea using an artificial-intelligence-designed hydrogel. On the shores of a beach in northern Japan, waves pummel a rubber duck stubbornly stuck to a ...

Inspired by biology, researchers have achieved the highest performing underwater adhesive hydrogel technology to date through a data mining and machine learning approach. Hydrogels are a permeable ...

Patent-pending adhesive formulations developed from fully sustainable, bio-based components establish bonds that grow stronger when underwater or exposed to wet conditions. Patent-pending adhesive ...

The basis of the chemical is catechols, which are synthetic compounds designed to be analogous to the wet-but-still-sticky proteins that help mussels fixed to wet surfaces. This is the basis for ...

Those who have tried to pry a mussel from anything from wood to rock know how stubborn the underwater mollusks are — and their gluey secret has long captivated scientists. For years, researchers have ...