Geckos have amazingly sticky feet. Their stickability comes from billions of dry microscopic hairs that coat the soles of their feet. However, when humidity increases, gecko feet stick even tighter to ...

The biology of a gecko’s foot that gives the lizard its remarkable climbing ability has been used by engineers at Stanford University to create a robot that can climb smooth surfaces including a wall ...

Geckos are famous for their ability to scale vertical walls and even hang upside down, and now scientists understand more about how the expert climbers can pull off these gravity-defying feats: Geckos ...

Geckos are known for being expert climbers, able to stick to any surface thanks to tiny hair-like structures on the bottoms of their feet. Along with colleagues in Oregon, Denmark, and Germany, ...

For an insect to be able to efficiently attach to surfaces, the adhesive pads on the distal parts of its legs must establish large contact areas. In case of hairy adhesive pads this requires ...

Spiderman is a beloved superhero known for his ability to stick to walls and ceilings. This seemingly impossible feat has fascinated audiences for decades and has become one of Spiderman's most iconic ...

Geckos' feet are right up there with adhesive tape, when it comes to being able to stick to things. Unlike tape, however, those feet retain their adhesive qualities even after many, many uses. Now, ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Limnology and Oceanography Vol. 66, No. 12, December 2021 Can the mechanoreceptional setae of a fe..

The gravitropic response of Pellia epiphylla (L.) Corda sporophytes was analyzed using digitized images from infrared video recordings. Lateral transport of radioactively labeled auxin was followed ...

Julia Körner marries fashion with 3D printing in the design of the Setae Jacket, which takes its cues from butterfly wings. Setae Jacket forms a part of the Chro-Morpho collection by Stratasys, an ...

Chinese scientists' latest findings in ancient seabed community illustrate a biological mechanism capable of shaping community structure, operating beyond passive environmental constraints or initial ...