This barnacle-inspired blood-repelling glue can seal wounds in 15 seconds

"We found that this creature living in a marine environment is doing exactly the same thing that we have to do to deal with complicated bleeding issues.” - MIT Research Scientist Hyunwoo Yuk Image: Unsplash/May Gauthier

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