Surgeons are making a natural glue from their patients’ blood to help repair small skin defects on the face and ears. Such defects most commonly occur when a surgeon removes a swatch of skin to excise ...

Medical science has been gifted a new adhesive usable for repairing bones shattered in battlefield injuries, car crashes and other accidents by the tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm.

A sea creature called the sandcastle worm could hold the secret to repairing broken bones in humans. The screws and pins favored by many surgeons today have achieved much success over the years, but ...

An adhesive that works under water and is modeled after those created by shellfish to stick to surfaces is stronger than many commercial glues created for the purpose. “Our current adhesives are ...

If you've ever tried pulling a mussel off a rock, you'll know that they're pretty darn good at holding on. The secret to their success is a natural adhesive, which has now been replicated in a glue ...

If a raw asparagus spear has an added bit of crunch, it could be due to the common asparagus beetle, which affixes its near-invisible eggs onto the vegetable using one of the world's strongest natural ...

For their research, the materials scientists led by Peter Fratzl picked the mistletoe berries from the trees themselves. From his office window, the director of the Department of Biomaterials can see ...

There’s a reason everyone wants to save the bees. They pollinate our crops, give us honey, and inspire medical research. Now, they’re helping scientists figure out how to make stronger adhesives—an ...

Douglas W. Jackson, MD: What is adhesive capsulitis? Grant L. Jones, MD: Adhesive capsulitis is characterized by the spontaneous onset of shoulder pain and global limitation of both active and passive ...