Surfaces
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researchers at Northwestern University have deduced the optimal texture roughness required make surfaces hydrophobic and keep them dry underwater for months at a time, which could prove invaluable for everything from pipes to boats and submarines.
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When it comes to creating surfaces, it's a simple task to either make ones that are smooth or ones that are bumpy. But now researchers at MIT have created one that can be both, with the ability to dynamically change texture through the application of pressure.
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ScienceResearchers at MIT have developed a smart curved surface that can morph at will to reduce drag, generating a series of small, evenly spaced dimples that make it resemble the outside of a golf ball.
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ScienceResearchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have created air-stable water droplet networks that could potentially be used to harvest water from fog or dew.
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The close of 2013 gives us an excellent opportunity, though satiated with holiday feasts, to look back on a year that has been filled with scientific accomplishment.
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ScienceScientists have unlocked the secret to scorpions' ability to withstand sand-blasting, and applied it to man-made materials.
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Researchers have created a nanoscale coating for surgical equipment, hospital walls, and other surfaces which safely eradicates MRSA.
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ScienceResearchers have devised a method of coating various surfaces with monolayers of gold nanoparticles, in just ten minutes.
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Nanopool has developed a glass coating that can be sprayed on to almost any surface.
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Researchers at Philips have developed pixel manipulation technology that could see the whole surface of devices being painted according to the user's mood or ambient colorscapes being applied to windows, walls or rooms.
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ScienceA nanoparticle-based coating that can be easily applied to impede the buildup of ice on solid surfaces could help prevent the havoc caused when ice collects on roads, power lines and aircraft.
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NASA is looking to mimic the design of the lotus leaf to protect equipment from damage and contamination
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