Hook and loop fasteners made of spring steel -- similar to Velcro devices but much stronger -- have been developed by researchers in Germany. These fasteners are resistant to chemicals, and can ...

For this reason it has found a plethora of applications from a shoe-lace substitute to bandages in hospitals. It is even used in some industrial applications to hold machinery together. Although ...

Hook-and-loop fasteners made of spring steel have been developed at the Institute of Metal Forming and Casting at the Technische Universitäet Müenchen. Josef Mair, a scientist from the Institute of ...

Hook and loop fasteners made of spring steel -- similar to Velcro devices but much stronger -- have been developed at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen. These fasteners are resistant to ...