Of the approximately 330 million people in the United States of America, only one is known to have personally applied Gorilla Glue as a hair-styling substance. After that person shared her innovation in a TikTok video which became very, very popular, one university showed public-spirited quick thinking. Rutgers University issued a press release that immediately […]
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Ungluing Superglued™ eyelids – the options [study]
Gluing-on false eyelashes with cyanoacrylate (CA) adhesive – like say, Superglue™ – is widely regarded as a very bad idea. However, in the case that that one’s eyelids do get superglued™ together, and one presents oneself at a hospital casualty department, what can medics do to remove the glue? In 2008, a US-based research team investigated […]
Blu-Tack® for researchers
Blu-Tack®, say its manufacturers, is designed to hang posters, hold many ordinary household objects in place and temporarily stop leaks around the house. Since its launch c. 1969 researchers across the globe have found a plethora of alternative and imaginative applications for the substance, many of which have been carefully documented in the academic literature […]
The egg cracked; they super-glued it; a bird hatched
The story of the cracked egg and the glue, as reported by the Indian Express on November 2, 2015: Cracked Egg Glued, and a Baby Rhea is Born! THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An egg cracks, gets fixed with a super glue and voila, it hatches. Sounds like the script of a super glue commercial? Well, it happened for […]
