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Sandcastle worms, mussels, burrowing frogs and gecko feet

Add to the list of naturally occurring glue sources — mussels, the C. crescentus bacteria, Australian burrowing frogs and the gecko ("geckel" glue) — the sandcastle worm.  University of Utah bioengineers have made a synthetic version of a superglue based on a naturally occurring glue produced by sandcastle worms, which use this glue to build [...]