Inspired by a desert beetle, cactus and pitcher plant, researchers design a new material to collect water droplets
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
Organisms such as cacti and desert beetles can survive in arid environments because they've evolved mechanisms to collect water from thin air. The Namib desert beetle, for example, collects water droplets on the bumps of its shell while V-shaped cactus spines guide droplets to the plant's body.