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Butterfly wings inspire ‘most waterproof’ material

06/12/2013

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston University have come up with what they describe as the most waterproof material yet after mimicking leaves and butterfly wings. Adding tiny ridges to a silicon surface made water bounce off it 40% faster than the previous "limit”, according to Prof Kripa Varanasi, who said...

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