When the sun was shining from directly above, the light would be brought to a focus underneath the water droplet, and inside the body of the leaf. But there was a big blob of water sitting on top ...

The team conducted both computational and experimental studies to determine how the contact angle between the water droplet and a leaf affects the light environment on a leaf blade. The aim was to ...

Borrowing from one of nature's most water-repellent surfaces--the leaf of the lotus plant--scientists ... scientists look at the shape of a water droplet on that surface. More precisely, they ...

Moss macrostructures also help collect water. Flexible leaves and awns enhance water collection during rain by forming a soft, pliable surface that minimizes the splash of each droplet, conserving ...

Miniature barbs then push this water into larger droplets that move along the length of the awn into the leaf. “The droplet can travel from the awn to the leaf as fast as 10 to 20 millimetres ...