Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have successfully created a material that can absorb virtually all light that the human eye can see. And they used a lotus leaf to do it. Metamaterials ...

A lotus grows in ponds and lakes where the water can be brown with silt, algae, and decaying plants. Yet the leaves often look freshly washed. Water beads up, r ...

Many plants are extremely water-repellent owing to their rough textures, which can trap air to provide a waterproof cushioning. In some cases, plant leaves are so repellent that no droplets can stick ...

Watery adaptation: The structure and shape of lotus leaves growing on water (left) and above it (right) is influenced by mechanical forces. (Courtesy: F Xu/Fudan University) When the leaves of the ...

In Buddhism, the lotus symbolizes purity of the body and mind due to its ability to rise above muddy waters and bloom. Himapan lotus-leaf painting classes has made it possible to bring the beauty of ...

Bioengineers have harnessed the lotus effect to develop a system for culturing cancer cell clusters that can shed light on hard-to-study tumor properties. The new zinc oxide-based culturing surface ...

It’s not a new medicine. It’s not a new procedure. Instead, the lotus leaf teaches us how to create nanoscopic surfaces that repel bacteria, viruses, and other dangerous microbes, and this technology ...

Ever since the discovery of the lotus effect in the early 1970s, researchers have designed and tested superhydrophobic surfaces with potential applications in self-cleaning, low-drag, anti-icing, and ...

With the arrival of Buddhism on the Korean Peninsula in the fourth century, the lotus emerged as the most prevalent motif in ...

Gungnamji Pond in the town of Buyeo-eup in Buyeo-gun County of Chungcheongnam-do Province is covered in gorgeous lotus flowers every summer. Built on the site of the last capital of the ancient Baekje ...