Soldiers could soon ditch ropes and climbing gear to scale that next wall in exchange for hand held pads designed after a gecko's feet. The Pentagon's top research arm has started a program called ...

Geckos are likely better climbers than any other animal, so it's no surprise that a number of researchers have tried to copy that ability via man-made technology. One group, from Stanford University, ...

DARPA's Z-Man program has demonstrated the first known human climbing of a glass wall using climbing devices inspired by geckos. The historic ascent involved a 218-pound climber ascending and ...

The Greek philosopher Aristotle once questioned how a gecko could climb different surfaces. The answer, uncovered 2,000 years later, is weak intermolecular forces called Van der Waals forces. The ...