Caddisfly
cwilcox | March 2, 2010Remember those perhaps gross but cool insect jewelry artists I mentioned before? Now, their incredible tube-making skill might be used in an entirely different field: medicine.
Dr. Russell Stewart, an assistant professor at the University of Utah, has been studying natural adhesives for years. He was drawn to the caddisfly because it's one of the few creatures in this world to have accomplished a very difficult feat: it sticks things together underwater.
Creating an adhesive that works when wet isn't easy - just think of what happens to your average band-aid in the shower. But the caddisfly…