An international team of engineers has developed an innovative, scalable method for creating topography-patterned aluminum surfaces, enhancing liquid transport properties critical for applications in ...

Doctoral student Farzad Ahmadi sets up a scale model of a passive anti-frosting surface in the Nature-inspired Fluids and Interfaces Lab at Virginia Tech. Ahmadi belongs to a team that developed an ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) In recent years, researchers working on de-icing and anti-icing strategies have been inspired by biology and nanotechnology to develop nanocoatings and other nanostructured ...

Municipal leaders, engineers, snow and ice equipment manufacturers, climate scientists and truck operators nationwide work together to create and implement solutions to effectively clear roads and ...

Aluminum coupon samples patterned with alternating stripes of smooth (lighter) and etched (darker) topographies display contrasting wettability. The research team developed a novel technique using ...

Nothing foretells the coming of winter like frost on windshields. While the inconvenience of scraping or defrosting car windows may define cold mornings for many drivers, the toll frost takes on the ...