Essentially, the tufts of tiny hairs on gecko feet get so close to the contours in walls and ceilings that electrons from the ...

Geckos are able to maintain a grip on wet surfaces not because their toe pads repel water, but because they attract it. A new ...

Traditional anti-slip materials, such as natural rubber, repel water. But on ice, this approach can backfire. The pressure ...

Researchers from the University of Minho in Portugal started with silicone rubber polymer and added zirconia nanoparticles to make the material attract water molecules. After they rolled the composite ...

As night fell across a remote region of northern Australia, a “velvet” creature emerged from a pile of rocks. Its hard-to-reach habitat and camouflaged coloring helped it go largely unnoticed — until ...

The setae are bendy and ultra-flexible, allowing them to follow and stick to the contours of the surface they are on — no ...

As darkness fell across a windmill farm in western India, a spiky creature emerged from some nearby rocks to hunt. Its “large ...

Slips and falls account for millions of injuries each year. Researchers in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces took ...

A gecko-inspired slip-resistant polymer could be incorporated into shoe soles to prevent people slipping on ice and other ...

A new study suggests that a tree-dwelling salamander may be able to control its grip on trees' bark by pumping blood in and ...

"We see this being particularly useful for devices that don't need the extreme precision of silicon chips but still require ...

Mental health care takes many forms – but Lyle the Therapy Gecko is a particularly unique one. If you need a shoulder to cry on, Owings Mills, Maryland native Lyle Drescher is there for you… just not ...