Leaves' resilience to raindrops offer insights into energy harvesting potential
To a leaf, a falling raindrop is equivalent in mass to a bowling ball dropping on a person—so how does the leaf survive? New ...
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Water Droplets on a Lotus Leaf (IMAGE)
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Scientists develop material with almost perfect water repellency
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) have developed ...
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Leaf beetles inspire novel water-resistant surface using concave structures
The research team utilized the concave structures observed in leaf beetles and soil-dwelling ... generate an air cushion upon contact with water droplets, functioning much like a spring to prevent ...