This article is about how scientists are trying to imitate a natural adhesive made by the caddisfly. This is no ordinary adhesive, however, because it can cure underwater. This has not been able to be done by scientists so far because the problem is that when trying to cure an adhesive underwater it starts to adhere to a water layer in between the actual object. This makes it very hard to make an adhesive that will actually work. This is why scientists are studying these caddisfly, they have the ability to make a natural glue to build their homes. This glue could be extremely useful because it could be used for the Navy and also for possibly glueing bones, tissue, and muscle back together on people. This would make it much easier to fix problems like broken bones or large cuts. I think this is very intriguing and a really good area of research. If this underwater adhesive could be made it would make a large impact on medical and Navy uses.
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