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July 23, 2014
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Ride of the water droplets.
Engineers can now create materials that repel liquids so well they're called superhydrophobic (i.e. they have a serious water phobia). With funding from NSF, this booming area of research has the potential to benefit society in a big way.
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Additional information about general usage can be found in Conditions.
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