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Scientists have devised a new mechanism enabling water droplets to effortlessly roll off surfaces. They dubbed it the "world's most water-repellent surface ever." This achievement challenges ...

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Cotton has many appealing characteristics as a clothing fabric, offering great breathability, insulation and of course comfort. A group of scientists in China has come up with a novel coating for ...

Choosing the best windshield wipers for a car is a lot harder than you think, mainly because most drivers expect them not only to clean the glass thoroughly but also to last forever. As we all learned ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida have created a new nanomaterial that repels water and can stay dry even when submerged underwater. The discovery could open ...

You’re driving in the rain and the droplets stick across your windshield, limiting your visibility. For most drivers, it's a dangerous fact of life to circumvent. Some know that you can buy a water ...

A revised method to create hydrophobic surfaces has implications for any technology where water meets a solid surface, from optics and microfluidics to cooking Researchers have developed a new ...

A simple gas-phase method produces a form of graphene whose ability to repel water rivals that of lotus leaves. The finding may lead to an inexpensive way to make bulk quantities of the material for ...

"Being water repellent or hydrophobicity is nature's tool to protect and self-clean plants and animals against pathogens like fungi, algae growth and dirt accumulation," Chanda says. "We took our cues ...