The great irony of trying to fix ruptured blood vessels is that you have to suture or staple, basically poking holes in the very thing you’re trying to mend. But now, scientists have developed a light-activated glue for mending internal wounds that is pretty darn incredible.
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Giorgio Vasari’s "Last Supper," catastrophically damaged by the 1966 flooding of the Arno River in Florence, has finally been pieced together again—with the help of glue made from sturgeons. That’s right: fish.
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Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, or AIRT for short, have developed a remarkable new adhesive that can solidify (stick) or liquify (unstick) at room temperature with a blast from a UV light. More »
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