A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances discusses how carnivorous plants inspire smart slippery surfaces and bionic robots. Carnivorous plants have inspired innovations of advanced ...

Researchers have demonstrated that engineered surfaces can be hydrophilic—meaning they have a strong affinity for water—and yet extremely slippery. The work runs counter to conventional wisdom ...

The electrostatic rod can change the motion path of the free-falling raindrop, causing the raindrop to be either attracted or repelled away. These phenomena prove that electrostatic fields are a ...