A mussel lays down byssal threads to anchor itself to rocks in pounding surf. UC Berkeley's Philip Messersmith synthesized the bivalve's tough glue in hopes of using it to close surgical incisions ...
Marine mussels employ a suite of biomechanical strategies to attach to and persist on dynamic shorelines. Central to these strategies is the secretion of byssal threads, proteinaceous filaments that ...
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 ...
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