Mussels attach to rocks, ships and other structures underwater using small hair-like fibres called byssus threads. These contribute the most to the mussel’s ability to cling to a surface despite ...

The tough, stretchy threads that fix mussels to seashore rocks are made up of a combination of sticky proteins and tough metal ions, researchers have found. A mussel attaching itself to a seashore ...

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Fine dangling filaments give mussels an extraordinary ability to cling to rocks and ship hulls and survive the ocean's battering, scientists said on Tuesday. Mussels have long been feted for the glue ...

PENN COVE, Washington—Cookie tray in hand and lifejacket around chest, Laura Newcomb looks more like a confused baker than a marine biologist. But the University of Washington researcher is dressed ...

More and more scientists are looking to nature for inspirations for technology, and now mussels -- those tasty mollusks that cling to the sides of rocks -- could be the impetus for new types of ...