Observing the traits of marine life scientists of Purdue University in the US have discovered a unique glue, which is based on biological methods and its special feature is, it works in water too. This glue works better in bonding wood, Teflon, and polished aluminum than other chemicalized adhesives, which doesn't work in water.

The principle of this discovery is the biochemical substance that allows fishes to stick themselves on the stones, inside the water.

Jonathan Wilker, a professor at Purdue University shared about his project saying, "Our current adhesives are terrible at wet bonding, yet marine biology solved this problem eons ago.”

Wilker further added, “Mussels, barnacles, and oysters attach to rocks with apparent ease. In order to develop new materials able to bind within harsh environments, we made a biomimetic polymer that is modeled after the adhesive proteins of mussels.”

Wilker explained the future aspect of their discovery, "We are focusing on catechols given that the animals use this type of chemistry so successfully."  

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