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Engineers create new glue that mimics mussels and mucus to prevent bacterial buildup

February 21, 2025 by Leo

Now engineers from MIT and Freie Universität Berlin have developed a new type of glue that combines the waterproof stickiness of the mussels’ plaques with the germ-proof properties of another natural material: mucus.

Source: Engineers create new glue that mimics mussels and mucus to prevent bacterial buildup

OK, kinda icky, but still very cool.

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  1. Jeffery Burns says

    February 21, 2025 at 9:11 am

    How well does it hold up, and what material does it work with

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