Wednesday, November 16, 2005 • Science & Technology
"When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reading a Blade of Grass

Reading a Blade of Grass
Every notice that leaves always seem clean? Scientists asked if a building could clean itself in the same way, with the rain. The result is Lotusan paint, which allows water to bead, reducing the build up of micro-organisms and keeping building facades clean and maintenance free for years.

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Learn at least one thing from the natural world today. It can come from something as simple as observing a blade of grass.

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