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title: How a Virus Can Make Water Boil Faster — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/how-a-virus-can-make-water-boil-faster/
date: 2015-03-31
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# How a Virus Can Make Water Boil Faster

Scientists at Drexel’s Multiscale Thermofluidics Lab have found a way to harness droves of viruses found on tobacco plants as the building blocks for a new super-absorbent coating for use on all kinds of materials! These nano-coatings are helping us better understand things like boiling and condensation.