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A team of researchers says they have created the most water-repellent surface ever, challenging existing ideas about how friction works. Known as a self-assembled monolayer (SAM), the ingenious new surface, which is assembled at the molecular level, has the potential to impact hundreds of commercial and industrial applications, including de-icing techniques, maritime technologies, space exploration, and even ultra-slippery cookware.

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[–] AliasAKA@lemmy.world 93 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-023-01346-3

Nature article.

It should be punishable by fine for science journalists to write about a science paper without citing the paper — I couldn’t find it linked anywhere in the article but do have some content blockers so perhaps it was just hidden by those. At any rate, interesting findings.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

The ghost of Carl Sagan should visit the article's author and treat him or her to an evening à la Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 39 points 2 years ago (4 children)

it's literally impossible to read an article that isnt spam bombed with ads and bullshit now, isnt it

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah it's crazy, but not as crazy as the low low prices I can offer you on my products! Would you like to consume product my guy?

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll only pay for products that will help me with my oral fixation wink wink

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Say no more fam. I stock the best dental products money can buy.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've been using ad blockers for so long that I almost forget ads even exist. Then I read comments like this, and wonder how anyone can browse the internet without one. I remember what it was like before I used them, and I know that it's gotten much worse since then.

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I use adblock on my pc but what am I to do mid poopage?

[–] moody@lemmings.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Firefox on Android works with standard Firefox extensions, uBlock Origin included.

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you don't have another active VPN, I believe Blokada has an ios version and blocks ads device-wide.

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

hell yes thank you

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

maybe someting to consider the next time you buy a phone, eh?

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

note to self in fifteen years

[–] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And even better: Mull (based on Firefox) + uBlock Origin

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

is mull an app?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

There are ad blockers on both iOS and Android, you should check it out. Helps with battery and security as well

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I know tech literate people that don't use one and it drives me crazy up to walls when I see them use the internet.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

With ublock and pihole I'm like "what ads?"

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Do a Google search for the article you want to read. Iirc it's right click on ellipses and then view cached page. That should just get you text only.

[–] Swim@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

aaaaaaaaand it causes cancers and forever chemicals

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

definitely sounds like something that could give us a good poisoning. the fact it rubs off so easily doesn't bode well.

[–] grasshopper@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Well, at least they used silane instead of PFAS.

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lmao what the hell is that illustration?

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Water drops on some models of atoms [not to scale]