All articles tagged with #adhesive technology
Researchers at the University of Maryland have discovered a method to bind hard and soft materials together using electricity instead of tape or glue. By applying a small voltage, the materials can be strongly bound, and the charge can be reversed to unbind them. This breakthrough could offer a new approach to attaching materials without the use of traditional adhesives.
Researchers have discovered that Neanderthals used a sophisticated multi-component glue to craft stone tools, indicating a higher level of intellectual and cultural sophistication than previously believed. The tools, dating back 40,000 years, were found to have been constructed using a mixture of ochre and bitumen, revealing a level of technical innovation similar to early modern humans in Africa. This finding suggests that Neanderthals possessed advanced cognitive abilities and had similar thought patterns to early Homo sapiens, shedding new light on human evolution.
Researchers have discovered that Neanderthals likely engineered a type of glue from ocher and bitumen to create handles for stone tools, shedding light on their complex thinking patterns. The artifacts, found in a French archaeological site, were recently rediscovered in a Berlin museum and date back between 40,000 and 60,000 years. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that Neanderthals were capable of creating materials according to their needs and challenges the popular stereotype of them as primitive beings.