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A team of researchers says they have created the most water-repellent surface ever, challenging existing ideas about how friction works. Known as a self-assembled monolayer (SAM), the ingenious new surface, which is assembled at the molecular level, has the potential to impact hundreds of commercial and industrial applications, including de-icing techniques, maritime technologies, space exploration, and even ultra-slippery cookware.

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[–] AliasAKA 101 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-023-01346-3

Nature article.

It should be punishable by fine for science journalists to write about a science paper without citing the paper — I couldn’t find it linked anywhere in the article but do have some content blockers so perhaps it was just hidden by those. At any rate, interesting findings.

[–] Salamendacious 6 points 1 year ago

The ghost of Carl Sagan should visit the article's author and treat him or her to an evening à la Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (4 children)

it's literally impossible to read an article that isnt spam bombed with ads and bullshit now, isnt it

[–] WhatAmLemmy 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah it's crazy, but not as crazy as the low low prices I can offer you on my products! Would you like to consume product my guy?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll only pay for products that will help me with my oral fixation wink wink

[–] WhatAmLemmy 14 points 1 year ago

Say no more fam. I stock the best dental products money can buy.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been using ad blockers for so long that I almost forget ads even exist. Then I read comments like this, and wonder how anyone can browse the internet without one. I remember what it was like before I used them, and I know that it's gotten much worse since then.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use adblock on my pc but what am I to do mid poopage?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Firefox on Android works with standard Firefox extensions, uBlock Origin included.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you don't have another active VPN, I believe Blokada has an ios version and blocks ads device-wide.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

hell yes thank you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

maybe someting to consider the next time you buy a phone, eh?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

note to self in fifteen years

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And even better: Mull (based on Firefox) + uBlock Origin

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup, it's a fork of firefox mobile with pretty much all of the bullshit gone, plus some of the more useful stuff turned on.

Can't get it in the play store though, have to go through either fdroid, or whatever the place is they host it (I use fdroid, so I have no clue where you'd get it otherwise).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Perfect answer. It is hosted in Gitlab, but i'm not sure you can download an APK there.

[–] NOT_RICK 3 points 1 year ago

There are ad blockers on both iOS and Android, you should check it out. Helps with battery and security as well

[–] devfuuu 3 points 1 year ago

I know tech literate people that don't use one and it drives me crazy up to walls when I see them use the internet.

[–] agent_flounder 18 points 1 year ago

With ublock and pihole I'm like "what ads?"

[–] AlphaOmega 3 points 1 year ago

Do a Google search for the article you want to read. Iirc it's right click on ellipses and then view cached page. That should just get you text only.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

aaaaaaaaand it causes cancers and forever chemicals

[–] set_secret 9 points 1 year ago

definitely sounds like something that could give us a good poisoning. the fact it rubs off so easily doesn't bode well.

[–] grasshopper 7 points 1 year ago

Well, at least they used silane instead of PFAS.

[–] sebinspace 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao what the hell is that illustration?

[–] davidgro 6 points 1 year ago

Water drops on some models of atoms [not to scale]