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Research gives clues for self-cleaning materials, water-striding robots

Research gives clues for self-cleaning materials, water-striding robots

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University ...





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Scientists create metal that pumps liquid uphill

Scientists create metal that pumps liquid uphill

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (26) | comments 22

(PhysOrg.com) -- In nature, trees pull vast amounts of water from their roots up to their leaves hundreds of feet above the ground through capillary action, but now scientists at the University of Rochester ...



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