“However, there are plants and insects that do it effortlessly ... nature’s best known self-cleaning plant, with a “lotus effect” that is the result of the ultrahydrophobicity of its ...

The cutting edge in development of synthetic liquid-repellent surfaces is currently inspired by the lotus effect 2 ... and effective enough to cause insects that step on it to slide from the ...

Citing research from around the world, the team painted a bleak picture of the short- and long-term effects of climate change on insects, many of which have been in a state of decline for decades.