Cosgrove and his team worked on altering the stickiness of regular gum by changing its water-repellent qualities, encouraging water to form a layer around the substance so that it could be more easily removed from most surfaces.
On it's own, oil is not magnetic, but MIT researchers say that when mixed with water-repellent nanoparticles that contain iron, the oil can be magnetically separated from the water.
Accordingly, Dr Lin and his colleagues tried to build up covalent bonds between the layers of a water-repellent, or hydrophobic, material called cellulose acetate butyrate, which is used to make water-resistant fabrics.
If fabrics can be made more water-repellent in this way, then perhaps other materials can be, too.
Hycrete's additive is based on a water-soluble molecule that transforms when mixed into concrete, becoming a water-repellent polymer.
Using a similar approach, the firm wants to cover the surface of a bottle with hydrophilic (water-attracting) and hydrophobic (water-repellent) materials.
Revolymer was born out of research from the University of Bristol, which apparently altered the stickiness of regular gum by changing its water-repellent qualities.
With the addition of a reinforced, glass lens cover, the EX-G1 is tooled with a multi coating that is water-repellent and prevents light reflection from ruining pictures.
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Bring packaged snacks, wet wipes, Ziploc bags, a change of clothes, disposable rain ponchos, sunscreen, bug repellent, water bottles, a small first-aid kit, small toys, coloring books and glow-in-the-dark sticks and necklaces (which the parks sell at dusk but they charge a fortune).
Health officials started fogging, distributing larvicide and bug repellent, and scouting for standing water.
The tomato sauce, onions, cheese, flour, potatoes and meat for that burger are flown 2, 400 kilometres from South Africa as is everything in Luanda: the paper napkins, plastic menus and cooking oil, bottled water, flashy cars, toilet seats, insect repellent.
She's in the water without a shark cage, relying on electronic shark repellent and a team of divers to keep them away.
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