Quite seldom, it's science's turn to beat nature, and nanotechnology appears to be of big help in this task. The latest discovery refers to a material that is able to repel any liquid that comes in contact with it, preventing adherence and constraining the drops into a spherical form after causing them... |
11 November 2008
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Robots can do many things, these days, they can vacuum clean a room in minutes, they can sniff out and defuse bombs, some of them can walk like humans and even run and climb hills and mountains. Roboticists are pushing the limit of robot abilities to reach what only sci-fi authors have imagined.But all these abiliti... |
13 July 2007
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In nature, different structures have different attitudes toward water, according to their chemical composition and geometry. Some are hydrophilic (they attract water molecules) and some hydrophobic (they repel them). But so far, no material has been known to be able to shift between the two states.Now, scientists at... |
12 May 2007
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