Scientists may have just created the most water-resistant artificial material in the world. A surface’s texture makes all the difference when it comes to water resistance. Ridged, vein... Read more
UK company Pro-Teq has developed a new water-resistant, spray-on coating that absorbs UV light during the day and releases it at night, adapting to the lighting conditions in its surrounding... Read more
This innovation holds the potential to benefit lab-on-chip devices, high-throughput assays, self-cleaning surfaces, and many other applications requiring the motion of liquid drops on solid... Read more
Other exciting applications are under study A new nanostructured material with applications that could include reducing condensation in airplane cabins and enabling certain medical tests wit... Read more
This is the first time researchers have demonstrated reversible switching between static and dynamic self-assembly. Researchers from Aalto University and Paris Tech have placed water droplet... Read more
NeverWet can be used on metal, wood, masonry and aluminum as well as fabric, leather and canvas. “This is a game changer!” says Jim Stinner, the vice president of marketing for R... Read more
Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at the University of California, Davis. The new fabric works lik... Read more
Chemists have devised a better method of coating fabrics with a water-repellent, “self-cleaning” coating. Many such “super-hydrophobic” coatings have been made before... Read more