The Amazing Micro-Engineered, Water-Repelling Surface That Lives Outside My Window
I was heading out from home to get lunch, when I caught a glint of light out of the corner of my eye. I saw what looked like tiny drops of mercury, sitting on the leaves of a plant in my backyard. How the ultra-microscopic wax needles on a leaf's surface are the secret to its amazing water-repelling powers.
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