Clean Water Walking, Metafluid, Underwater Bees
Today, you\u2019ll learn about a new way to purify water simply by walking, robots controlled by liquid and rubber balls, and an accident that led to a wild discovery about bumblebees.
Clean Water Walking
- \u201cWalking-induced electrostatic charges enable in situ electroporated disinfection in portable water bottles.\u201d by Young-Jun Kim, et al. 2024.
- \u201cFreshwater Crisis.\u201d National Geographic. N.d.
- \u201cA revolutionary solution for on-the-go water disinfection.\u201d by Manish Kumar Sharma & Zong-Hong Lin. 2024.
Metafluid
- \u201cTiny rubber spheres used to make a programmable fluid.\u201d by Jacek Krywko. 2024.
- \u201cHarvard\u2019s bizarre \u2018metafluid\u2019 packs programmable properties.\u201d by Michael Irving. 2024.
- \u201cMetamaterials.\u201d News Atlas Database. N.d.
- \u201cShell buckling for programmable metafluids.\u201d by Adel Djellouli, et al. 2024.
Underwater Bees
- \u201cBumblebee species able to survive underwater for up to a week.\u201d by Nicola Davis. 2024.
- \u201cUnveiling the submerged secrets: bumblebee queens\u2019 resilience to flooding.\u201d by Sabrina Rondeau & Nigel E. Raine. 2024.
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