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Freshwater oysters could hold key to developing stronger, ‘greener’ adhesives

Credit: Magda Ehlers (via Pexels) If you think oysters are just a tasty seafood, think again. Freshwater oysters produce a glue that could hold the key to developing more environmentally friendly adhesives for everything from dentistry to construction to transportation. An international team of researchers recently used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) to track…