I can (finally!) talk about one of the most interesting discoveries I made during my postdoc at Cambridge, in Walter Federle’s lab. (For a primer on sticky feet, check out my last post.) In our paper, published yesterday in PLoS ONE, we describe for the first time fluid secretions associated with arachnid adhesive pads, most surprisingly [...]
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 Animals have evolved a variety of strategies for gripping, scaling and clinging to surfaces. Arguably the most powerful of these strategies is the adhesive pad. If an animal can walk upside-down on a smooth surface, there’s an excellent chance it has adhesive pads on its feet. These pads are unlike anything humans have engineered. No glue [...] |
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