Better Bonding with Beans.

This article focuses on the development of a new adhesive soy protein, processed to resemble the protein that allows mussels to cling to rocks, which enables some manufacturers to make formaldehyde-free engineered woods. Developed by Kaichang Li, an associate professor in the wood science and engineering department at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, the soy adhesive is being hailed by many as a nontoxic, economically attractive, and renewable solution to a long-standing environmental health issue.