Gecko adhesion takes electric turn
Decades-old explanation for the lizards’ supersticky feet is wrong, researchers say
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IT’S ELECTRIC Electrostatic forces feature in gecko adhesiveness, a new study finds, despite 80 years of thought to the contrary.
H. Izadi