adhesive

  • Smart Neanderthals Made Tools Using Glue, Study Finds

    Smart Neanderthals Made Tools Using Glue, Study Finds

    A trove of Neanderthal tools made between 120,000 and 40,000 years ago were forged with glue, according to a team of researchers that recently studied the objects. The research revealed the oldest evidence of a complex adhesive in Europe, according to an NYU release. The adhesive—composed of bitumen, an asphalt component that also occurs naturally…


  • Forget Spider-Man, Scientists Can (Almost) Turn You Into Gecko-Man

    Geckos are really, really good at one thing in particular – running all around, even upside down, even when everything is wet. Now scientists have created a double-sided adhesive that copies this ability to stick and unstick to slippery surfaces, and are looking at using it for underwater robots (presumably because underwater robots are exceedingly…