glue
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Researchers Create Super-Strong Glue That Releases by Dissolving Into Thin Air
Products designed with temporary adhesives that don’t hold forever — such as sticky notes, painter’s tape, and bandages — still require some level of force to be removed, meaning there’s always the risk of damaging paint on a wall or painfully losing some body hair. But what if glue simply vanished into thin air when…
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This Dry Glue Only Becomes Sticky When You Crush It
Usually, dry glue is a sign that you need a new tube of adhesive. But researchers in Japan have developed a new type of glue that’s perfectly dry until you crush it — at which point it becomes super sticky.
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After 150 Years, Scientists Finally Know How Barnacle Glue Works
Over a century and a half ago, Charles Darwin first described the remarkable adhesive capabilities of barnacles. He couldn’t figure out how their natural superglue worked though. And it took until now to finally unlock the barnacle glue’s mysteries.
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Reusable Glue Gives You A Mulligan By Unsticking Under UV Light
Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, or AIRT for short, have developed a remarkable new adhesive that can solidify (stick) or liquify (unstick) at room temperature with a blast from a UV light.