Can a drop of water on a lotus leaf inspire a cell phone app? Hannah Hickey writes about this scientific zen koan in a story about nanotextured surfaces invented by researchers at the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering. Droplet research might one day make cell phone diagnostics a reality. photo: Luc Viatour
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