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Imagine if you took a water balloon and placed it on a bed of widely-spaced blunt nails. While the nails wouldn’t be pointy enough to pierce the balloon’s rubber skin, eventually the weight of the water would cause the rubber suspended between the nails to rupture. Well, it turns out that the clanger cicada uses the same principle to kill bacteria that settle on its wings. That finding could result in a new generation of antibacterial materials. .. Continue Reading Cicada wings inspire new approach to antibacterial materials
Section: Science and Education
Tags: Bacteria, Biomimicry, Insect, Microbes, Swinburne University of Technology
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Imagine if you took a water balloon and placed it on a bed of widely-spaced blunt nails. While the nails wouldn’t be pointy enough to pierce the balloon’s rubber skin, eventually the weight of the water would cause the rubber suspended between the nails to rupture. Well, it turns out that the clanger cicada uses the same principle to kill bacteria that settle on its wings. That finding could result in a new generation of antibacterial materials. .. Continue Reading Cicada wings inspire new approach to antibacterial materials
Section: Science and Education
Tags: Bacteria, Biomimicry, Insect, Microbes, Swinburne University of Technology
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