Cactus‐Spine‐Inspired Sweat‐Collecting Patch for Fast and Continuous Monitoring of Sweat. Advanced Materials , 2021; 33 (40): 2102740 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202102740 Cite This Page : ...

Inspired by a beetle's shell, a cactus spine, and the skin of a carnivorous plant, this slick, bumpy coating is a material straight out of Dune or Star Wars.Put this water-saving coating into a ...

Did you know that there are over 1700 species of cacti—spiny plants that have evolved to survive some of the harshest environments on earth. Over the course of their evolutionary history, most species ...

Organisms such as cacti and desert beetles can survive in arid environments because they've evolved mechanisms to collect water from thin air. The Namib desert beetle, for example, collects water ...

Cactus spines collect water too. Some are curved downward so that any water that condenses on them will drip onto the soil around the roots, while a few have a cork-like texture that absorbs water.

Cactus spines are modified leaves that serve this plant in a variety of ways. First, the sharp spines protect the cacti-water-storing flesh from being eaten from thirsty desert predators (nobody ...

In fact, scientists estimate that 90-94% of a cactus plant is made up of water. ... By shading the cactus, these spines also help prevent the cactus from losing water through evaporation.