Gecko hairs. Each tip is only 200 nanometers wide. Credit: Kellar Autumn Have you ever used Velcro to hold two things together? If so, you’ve benefitted from biomimicry, an approach to solving human ...

If you've ever watched a gecko, you probably wondered about their uncanny ability to adhere to any surface -- including upside down. It turns out the little lizards can turn the "stickiness" of toe ...

Researchers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are researching new ways to get things to stick in space, and have found inspiration from geckos. Unlike tape, which loses its ability to adhere ...

Geckos can use their tongue to differentiate their own odor from that of other members of their species, as researchers have shown in a new experimental study. The findings show that geckos are able ...