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Spiders and ants inspire a metallic structure that refuses to sink – Science Daily –
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University of Rochester researchers, inspired by diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants, have created a metallic structure that is so water repellant, it refuses to sink — no matter how often it is forced into water or how much it is damaged or punctured.
Could this lead to:
- An unsinkable ship?
- A wearable flotation device that will still float after being punctured?
- Electronic monitoring devices that can survive in long term in the ocean?
All of the above, says Chunlei Guo, professor of optics and physics, whose lab describes the structure in ACS Applied Materials and…
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