Sticky or slippery? Snails can change their slime to meet the moment
Snails are slimy. But there's more to that goo of theirs than meets the eye. It's a fact that may help inspire the creation of new materials.(Image credit: Franziska Jehle/Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces)
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