During laboratory and field tests, the released particles were demonstrated to maneuver and harvest microplastics for up to ...

Have you ever caught a lizard effortlessly climbing up a wall or hanging upside down on your ceiling? It's one of those odd but fascinating natural phenomena that just makes you stop and stare.

Millirobots with tunable adhesive microstructures grip and release solids and liquids in both air and underwater environments ...

The minute molecular attraction that’s happening between the gecko’s feet and the shelf happens because of van der Waals forces, allowing the spatulae on its feet to briefly adhere to ...

Image via Depositphotos The secret behind a gecko’s ability to stick to surfaces lies in the physical principle known as van der Waals forces. These are relatively weak attractions that occur between ...

These mismatches affect adhesion, introduce strain, and complicate device integration. More recent work has turned toward using van der Waals (vdW) interactions—weak electrostatic forces between ...

ROUBAIX, France (AP) — Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel benefited from Tadej Pogačar's late crash on Sunday to win the Paris-Roubaix race for the third straight year. Pogačar's debut ...

Cyclist Mathieu van der Poel was hit by a water bottle thrown by a roadside spectator en route to victory at Paris-Roubaix. After the race, he described the incident as “attempted manslaughter”.