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Researchers develop superglue from mucus

Researchers develop superglue from mucus

March 6, 2025 |

In Germany, an international team of engineers from MIT and the Collaborative Research Center “Dynamic Hydrogels at Biointerfaces,” located at Freie Universität Berlin, has 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. The new mucus-derived glue prevented the buildup […]

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