What do you get when you merge the dry sticking ability of a gecko lizard with the underwater adhesive properties of a mussel? According to this week's issue of the journal Nature, the answer is ...

Biomedical engineers have married the gecko's adhesive ability with that of an animal well known for its sticking power underwater: the mussel. Combining the important elements of gecko and mussel ...

Glue like the kind that mussels use to glom onto rocks has been combined with the stickiness seen in gecko feet to form a new adhesive dubbed geckel that could one day bind wounds closed and help ...