The secrets of barnacle glue finally revealed! I was surprised at what the components were: the same mechanism that enables blood to clot.
I had been hearing that if they could ever figure out how barnacles were able to fix themselves to wood, metal and marine flesh under water that it would be the find of the century.
Well here we are:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8309000/8309466.stm
I had been hearing that if they could ever figure out how barnacles were able to fix themselves to wood, metal and marine flesh under water that it would be the find of the century.
Well here we are:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8309000/8309466.stm
