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No more laundry: how a bug inspired Hong Kong engineers to invent clothes you never have to wash

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Thanks to Hong Kong engineers you may soon be able to wash your hands of laundry forever – and it was all inspired by a tiny insect. Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have engineered a new material that can repel “water, oil and everything in between”, while also being durable and cheap to mass produce. The material works like a membrane surface made up of a patchwork of interconnected “micro- cavities”, much like the porous cuticles of the springtail, a...

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