A pig's heart patched with a new adhesive inspired by slug slime. The adhesive is both tough and flexible, and can adhere to wet, moving tissue, like heart muscle. A new glue inspired by slug slime ...
With the first tropical storm of hurricane season under our belts, I was thinking about animals that might truly enjoy the rainy, quasi-tropical weather that a large storm brings. Naturally, I thought ...
Inspired by slug slime, scientists have developed a flexible adhesive that sticks to wet surfaces. This stretchy glue can be attached to a beating, bleeding heart and could someday replace stitches in ...
Perhaps the reason slug slime absorbs most water is that slugs need it on the inside. Indeed, a slug’s body is made up of over 80% water. This makes them prone to dessication, so they have to stay in ...
TAKE A LOOK. MIKE: DOCTORS HAVE BEEN STITCHING UP WOUNDS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, MOST RECENTLY, STAPLES AND SOME GLUES HAVE BEEN USED TO CLOSE WOUNDS. >> THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER GREAT ADHESIVE ...