Do I need to tell you any more? Can’t we just let that sentence stand, knowing that it’s out there, and go on with our lives? No? Okay. Here’s some more detail. The water boatman is a tiny insect that ...

A team from theCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hexi University in China believe that by studying thesuperhydrophobicity of the water boatman’s hind wings, they can design a submarine ...

Superhydrophobicity is one of most important interfacial properties between solids and liquids. SHI Yanlong and his group from the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key laboratory of Hexi ...

If you get a chance this winter, take a peek through the icy window of a pond surface. You may see water boatmen (order Hemiptera: family corixidae) clinging to the pond floor. Long, oar-like, hind ...