Although surgical sutures are routinely used to close wounds within the body, they can actually damage fragile internal biological tissue, sometimes causing infections or other complications.

Surgical stitches may one day be replaced by a double-sided sticky tape that can seal wounds together in as little as five seconds. Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists proved the tape ...

Engineers have designed a new type of surgical suture based on the sticky substance spiders use to catch their prey. The team at MIT was able to use the new double-sided tape to, within minutes, pull ...

The home’s exterior is wrapped in large anodized aluminum slats, which are held onto the structure with 3M double-sided tape. The owner of the home was a scientist, manager and vice president at 3M, ...