Login

Chemists Crack Secrets of Mussels’ Super Glue

By Red Wolf

14 January 2004

21 second read

In Science, Wildlife

150 views

Researchers from Purdue University working under an award from the National Science Foundation have discovered that common blue mussels are using iron found in seawater to create their own super glue

Related Articles
More By Red Wolf
More In Science

Design

1978 Ducati 900 Super Sport / Back To Classics

Back To Classics’ latest showpiece is this 1978 Ducati 900 Super Sport, an NCR-fettled racer that began life as a privateer ...

14 hours ago
32 second read
Design

Newtown Residence / Monolithic Structures

The house is a state listed building. That’s down to its experimental concrete shell, which was apparently a first time use ...

22 hours ago
1 min read
Design

Polo Residence / Verne Lars Solberg

The 234 square metre house was built in 1962 by Verne Lars Solberg, a successful commercial architect in northern Illinois. When a ...

2 days ago
52 second read
Science

How To Stop Structures from Shaking / minutephysics

This video is about Tuned Mass Dampers, which can be used to reduce or avoid unwanted vibrations, swaying, swinging, bending, etc ...

3 days ago
32 second read
Design

Casa Bambu / Vilela Florez Architects

This tropical residence along the coast of Brazil combines traditional and local materials like stone, wood and bamboo to fashion a ...

3 days ago
39 second read
Design

Mike Hailwood replica Ducati / VeeTwo USA

For the first time ever an authentic re-creation of Mike Hailwood’s iconic TT winning bike is available to the discerning enthusiast. ...

4 days ago
27 second read

Load More Related Articles

Design

1978 Ducati 900 Super Sport / Back To Classics

Back To Classics’ latest showpiece is this 1978 Ducati 900 Super Sport, an NCR-fettled racer that began life as a privateer ...

14 hours ago
32 second read
Design

Newtown Residence / Monolithic Structures

The house is a state listed building. That’s down to its experimental concrete shell, which was apparently a first time use ...

22 hours ago
1 min read
Design

Polo Residence / Verne Lars Solberg

The 234 square metre house was built in 1962 by Verne Lars Solberg, a successful commercial architect in northern Illinois. When a ...

2 days ago
52 second read
Science

How To Stop Structures from Shaking / minutephysics

This video is about Tuned Mass Dampers, which can be used to reduce or avoid unwanted vibrations, swaying, swinging, bending, etc ...

3 days ago
32 second read
Design

Casa Bambu / Vilela Florez Architects

This tropical residence along the coast of Brazil combines traditional and local materials like stone, wood and bamboo to fashion a ...

3 days ago
39 second read
Design

Mike Hailwood replica Ducati / VeeTwo USA

For the first time ever an authentic re-creation of Mike Hailwood’s iconic TT winning bike is available to the discerning enthusiast. ...

4 days ago
27 second read

Load More By Red Wolf

Science

How To Stop Structures from Shaking / minutephysics

This video is about Tuned Mass Dampers, which can be used to reduce or avoid unwanted vibrations, swaying, swinging, bending, etc ...

3 days ago
32 second read
Science

Hear the Otherworldly Sounds of Skating on Thin Ice / National Geographic

This small lake outside Stockholm, Sweden, emits otherworldly sounds as Mårten Ajne skates over its precariously thin, black ice. Wild ice ...

7 May 2018
38 second read
Science

The Logistics of Living in Antarctica / Wendover Productions

— via Youtube Related

17 April 2018
2 second read
Science Wildlife

Why do animals have such different lifespans? / Joao Pedro de Magalhaes

For the microscopic lab worm C elegans, life equates to just a few short weeks on Earth. The bowhead whale, on ...

1 April 2018
48 second read
Science

6 ‘Undetectable’ Poisons (and How to Detect Them) / SciShow

Poisoning has always been a popular method of getting rid of one’s enemies, but is there actually a perfect poison capable ...

18 March 2018
27 second read
Science

Arcade Scam Science / Mark Rober

Don’t feel bad. You don’t suck, the game makers do — via Youtube Related

3 March 2018
10 second read

Load More In Science

Check Also

How To Stop Structures from Shaking / minutephysics

This video is about Tuned Mass Dampers, which ...

External Brain

Chemists Crack Secrets of Mussels’ Super Glue

Related

1978 Ducati 900 Super Sport / Back To Classics

Newtown Residence / Monolithic Structures

Polo Residence / Verne Lars Solberg

How To Stop Structures from Shaking / minutephysics

Casa Bambu / Vilela Florez Architects

Mike Hailwood replica Ducati / VeeTwo USA

1978 Ducati 900 Super Sport / Back To Classics

Newtown Residence / Monolithic Structures

Polo Residence / Verne Lars Solberg

How To Stop Structures from Shaking / minutephysics

Casa Bambu / Vilela Florez Architects

Mike Hailwood replica Ducati / VeeTwo USA

How To Stop Structures from Shaking / minutephysics

Hear the Otherworldly Sounds of Skating on Thin Ice / National Geographic

The Logistics of Living in Antarctica / Wendover Productions

Why do animals have such different lifespans? / Joao Pedro de Magalhaes

6 ‘Undetectable’ Poisons (and How to Detect Them) / SciShow

Arcade Scam Science / Mark Rober

Check Also

How To Stop Structures from Shaking / minutephysics

Photos from Flickr

RSS