Velcro was invented in the early 1940s after a clever Swiss scientist returned from a walk with his dog. George de Mestral was busily removing cockleburs from his own pants and his dog’s fur when he ...

Researchers in the US are working on a Nano-velcro that could have a holding power tens of times greater than epoxy adhesives. The researchers at Michigan State University are working on the reusable ...

The problem with double-sided adhesive Velcro is that it needs the two sides to align for a lasting hold. That doesn't happen when you have a curved surface and a flat one. To fix this, turn to Sugru.

General Motors researchers have made an extremely strong adhesive that comes apart when heated. The adhesive is 10 times stickier than Velcro and the reusable gecko-inspired glues that many research ...

(Nanowerk News) When gluing things together, both surfaces usually need to be dry. Gluing wet surfaces or surfaces under water is a challenge. In the journal Angewandte Chemie ("Supramolecular Velcro ...

It looks fake, or at least like a good illusion: There’s geCKo Materials founder Dr. Capella Kerst dangling a full wine bottle from her pinky finger, the only thing keeping it from smashing to pieces ...

Fitted sheets are kind of a pain. There's no inherent way to know how to get them on in the right orientation and they can slip around on the bed if they're not perfect. The solution is simple: velcro ...