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As Sticky as a Gecko, but Ten Times Stronger

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 - 12:09:48 - Anuradha Menon

The gecko's amazing ability to stick to surfaces and walk up walls has inspired many researchers to manufacture materials that mimic the special...

Improve Dry Adhesive with Carbon Nanotubes

Saturday, October 11th, 2008 - 16:58:53 - Anuradha Menon

The race for the best 'gecko foot' dry adhesive got a new competitor this week with a stronger and more practical material reported in the journal...

New Gecko-Like Adhesive That Shakes Off Dirt

Friday, September 12th, 2008 - 10:43:19 - Anuradha Menon

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are continuing their march toward creating a synthetic, gecko-like adhesive, one sticky step...

Oldest Gecko Fossil Ever Discovered

Friday, September 5th, 2008 - 14:52:11 - Anuradha Menon

Scientists from Oregon State University and the Natural History Museum in London have announced the discovery of the oldest known fossil of a gecko...

Firefox 3.1 Alpha Improves the AwesomeBar

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 - 12:08:08 - Ehud Rattner

Though it's been less than a month since Firefox 3's blast-off into the Internet and a software download record, Mozilla developers have already...

Gecko-Inspired Bandage May Heal Surgical Incisions
Friday, April 25th, 2008 - Einat Rotman
MIT researchers and colleagues have developed an elastic sticky tape inspired by the adhesion mechanism found in geckos'...