One of my former undergraduate students is Carrie Hadden, distinguished herself within our Department of Biological Sciences by winning the “Outstanding Biology Senior” award a couple of years ago.

Scientists have developed an adhesive that is both sticky and reusable thanks to inspiration from snail mucus, according to a new study. Things stick together thanks to a combination of various ...

Sometimes a problem can seem so enormous that our tendency is to see the hurdle as insurmountable and pivot in the opposite direction. That’s fine, I suppose, if you plan to always be on the move. But ...

Velcro was invented in the early 1940s after a clever Swiss scientist returned from a walk with his dog. George de Mestral was busily removing cockleburs from his own pants and his dog’s fur when he ...

Sticky ‘space Velcro’ modelled on how geckos stick to walls has been developed to help clear dangerous space junk from Earth’s orbit. There are currently around 500,000 pieces of human-made debris ...

Velcro has a problem. It’s so famous and popular that its name has turned into an everyday word. That’s a problem that many startups would love to have. Companies have lots to gain when their names ...

The problem with double-sided adhesive Velcro is that it needs the two sides to align for a lasting hold. That doesn't happen when you have a curved surface and a flat one. To fix this, turn to Sugru.

An exotic form of silicon that can be stuck together and then peeled apart has been developed by German researchers. The material, dubbed “silicon Velcro”, could be used to manufacture microprocessors ...