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 ...

As night fell across western Thailand, a “long”-limbed creature emerged from the rocks and took up its perch. Its “large” ...

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

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

Artificial intelligence-enabled robots are helping repair, maintain and monitor the health of critical infrastructure, ...

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

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

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 ...

Despite being one of the primary villains of One Piece arcs, Gecko Moria isn’t nearly as beloved as his peers. While characters like him, namely, Crocodile, Doflamingo, and Kata ...

A male Cnemaspis enneaporus, or Sai Yok rock gecko. Photo from Rujirawan, Aksornneam, Yodthong, Pawangkhanant, Stuart and Aowphol (2025) The lizards “superficially” resembled a known species ...