Tree frogs could hold key to new self-cleaning bandages, long-lasting glues and grippier tyres

Tree frogs could hold key to new self-cleaning bandages, long-lasting glues and grippier tyres | Mail Online: "The biology of tree frogs could provide us with tyres that literally stick to the road, according to a Scottish academic.

'Tree frog feet may provide a design for self-cleaning sticky surfaces, which could be useful for a wide range of products especially in contaminating environments - medical bandages, tyre performance, and even long lasting adhesives,' Niall Crawford told the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference in Glasgow.

But although it has been known for a long time that tree frogs had sticky feet covered in mucus, the secret of how they keep them sticky has only just been discovered in the laboratory."