How To Make Materials Everything-Proof

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 15:49 in Biology & Nature

Nature has conjured up numerous defenses to water, imbuing duck feathers, lotus leaves and even butterfly wings with the ability to repel that ubiquitous liquid of life. But it hasn't had much time to come up with a way to protect its constituents against a newcomer like gasoline. [More]

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