Researchers design a barnacle-inspired synthetic polymer and find that the material can loosen bacteria from their moorings, including human tissue and industrial pipes. This discovery could present a new way to design antibiotics, researchers say.

Researchers design a barnacle-inspired synthetic polymer and find that the material can loosen bacteria from their moorings, including human tissue and industrial pipes. This discovery could present a new way to design antibiotics, researchers say.

https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/10/09/bacterial-biofilms-nature-inspired-polymers/