Slipping and falling on the ice is always a serious risk during winter, but this sock hack from TikTok could help.

I wore these shoes to visit relatives in Iowa during its snowy season and had no difficulty getting around without slipping ...

In the animal kingdom, few are as sticky as geckos. Their ability to scamper up walls and across ceilings is delightful to ...

Geckos are able to maintain a grip on wet surfaces not because their toe pads repel water, but because they attract it. A new ...

Essentially, the tufts of tiny hairs on gecko feet get so close to the contours in walls and ceilings that electrons from the ...

Slips and falls account for millions of injuries each year. Researchers in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces took ...

A gecko-inspired slip-resistant polymer could be incorporated into shoe soles to prevent people slipping on ice and other ...

“The reason you slip is because the top layer of ice melts and you have a layer of water between your shoe and the ice,” explains footwear and product designer Mark Britton. In order to ...