Slips and falls account for millions of injuries each year. Researchers in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces took inspiration from gecko feet to create a slip-resistent polymer made from silicone ...

Researchers from the University of Minho in Portugal started with silicone rubber polymer and added zirconia nanoparticles to ...

A gecko-inspired slip-resistant polymer could be incorporated into shoe soles to prevent people slipping on ice and other ...