Fake silk harvests water from air.

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  • Author(s): Wilkins, Alex (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    New Scientist. 8/12/2023, Vol. 259 Issue 3451, p19-19. 1/8p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      WATER harvesting; SPIDER silk; SILK; TITANIUM dioxide; DRINKING water; SURFACE area
    • Abstract:
      Yongmei Zheng at Beihang University in China and her colleagues coated microfibre threads with hydrophilic, or water-loving, titanium dioxide to create bumps. ARTIFICIAL fibres that can collect moisture from the air, much like how spider silk gathers dew, could be used for large-scale water collection from fog. [Extracted from the article]
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