New waterproof surface is 'driest ever'

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US engineers have created the "most waterproof material ever" - inspired by nasturtium leaves and butterfly wings.

The new "super-hydrophobic" surface could keep clothes dry and stop aircraft engines icing over, they say.

The lotus leaf was thought to be the gold standard for staying dry in nature, but now a team from MIT in Boston say they have surpassed it.

By adding tiny ridges to a silicon surface, they made water bounce off it 40% faster than the previous "limit".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25004942

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1. That's good news if

this doesn't carry the cancer dangers of even the newer home improvement products for repelling moisture. I was going to buy some to coat my wood floors, but the dogs have their bare little paws on the floor and I'm not going to murder them just for my convenience.