Conventional wisdom is that ice is slippery because it has a thin layer of water on top, but new research suggests something ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2023.210163 discusses how carnivorous plants inspire smart slippery surfaces and bionic robots. Carnivorous plants have inspired ...

Germany is preparing for a day of icy surfaces and chaotic mobility on Monday caused by fresh snow and freezing rain, in the ...

Winter may bring a picturesque landscape, but it also brings its own set of dangers like icy roads and walkways. Whether you’re heading out for work, running errands, or simply enjoying a winter walk, ...

The right tiles can totally transform a home! They’re not just durable and attractive, but super functional too. However, in ...

When you step onto an icy sidewalk or push off on skis, the surface can seem to vanish beneath you. For more than a century, ...

A research team led by Dr. DU Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, has reported a new slippery material with superior light-induced charge ...

Implanted medical devices like catheters, surgical mesh and dialysis systems are ideal surfaces on which bacteria can colonize and form hard-to-kill sheets called biofilms. Known as biofouling, this ...