In the animal kingdom, few are as sticky as geckos. Their ability to scamper up walls and across ceilings is delightful to ...

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 ...

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

And nearly half of these incidents happen on ice. Current anti-slip shoe soles rely on materials such as natural rubber that ...

A Chinese six-legged robot dog, tested in Antarctica, excels in carrying heavy loads in extreme cold with anti-slip, ...

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