Octopuses have a superpower. They can cling to nearly any surface, no matter how wet or slippery, with their sucker-lined ...

Inspired by octopus suckers, researchers have created a new adhesive that can grip and release objects underwater with ...

With the new octopus-inspired adhesive, research team members can pick up, hold, and release a wide range of challenging ...

The adhesive’s combination of versatility and precision allowed researchers to assemble underwater stone towers called cairns—a task often achievable only by hand. Experiments also included ...

With the new octopus-inspired adhesive, research team members can pick up, hold, and release a wide range of challenging underwater objects, including soft and rigid materials that are flat ...

Underwater, the octopus-inspired adhesive strongly attached to complex objects from lightweight shells to large rocks and soft gel beads with different roughness, curvature, and hardness.

As previously reported, there are several examples in nature of efficient ways to latch onto objects in underwater environments, per the authors. Mussels, for instance, secrete adhesive proteins ...

The adhesive, which resembles an octopus sucker ... “This could really be useful for applications such as underwater search and rescue. It can be useful in manufacturing where you have to ...

These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...

A team has now created an octopus-inspired adhesive, inspired by the shape of octopus suckers, that can quickly grab and controllably release challenging underwater objects. Having the ability to ...