(Phys.org) -- Imagine the money you’d save if you bought a roll of duct tape and could use it over and over again without having to toss it in the garbage after one use. Wall-climbing robots, bioadhesives or other sticky ...
Materials Science
Jun 20, 2012
4
0
At first glance, a gecko skittering up a wall and a flat-screen television attached to the same wall have little in common.
Materials Science
Mar 14, 2012
1
0
As sticky as a gecko. Wageningen UR Veni-researcher Marleen Kamperman tries to stick with plastic material full of microscopic rods.
Materials Science
Mar 8, 2012
0
0
Mozilla, which brought the free web browser Firefox to the masses, now wants to do the same for mobile users, with a new open source operating system that could drastically slash smartphone prices.
Software
Feb 28, 2012
2
0
For years, biologists have been amazed by the power of gecko feet, which let these 5-ounce lizards produce an adhesive force roughly equivalent to carrying nine pounds up a wall without slipping. Now, a team of polymer scientists ...
Materials Science
Feb 16, 2012
15
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long been enamored by the gecko’s gravity defying ability to cling to walls and to let go at will, allowing it to walk around sideways, as have Spiderman enthusiasts. Thus far, unfortunately, ...
The speedy lizard was streaking across the tabletop when suddenly one foot hit a slippery spot.
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2012
0
0
Philippine authorities seized a haul of about 2,000 live geckos as part of a campaign to protect the lizard that is highly-valued in traditional Asian medicine, police said Wednesday.
Ecology
Nov 30, 2011
0
0
Wrinkles and folds are ubiquitous. They occur in furrowed brows, planetary topology, the surface of the human brain, even the bottom of a gecko's foot. In many cases, they are nature's ingenious way of packing more surface ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 23, 2011
0
1
Wildlife activists on Wednesday called for the orange-spotted Tokay Gecko to be protected under international laws following a spike in smuggling of the lizard, mainly for medicine in China.
Ecology
Nov 16, 2011
0
0
