Butterfly wings - Tech Explorist

The Wyss Institute is developing a new type of coating for catalytic converters that, inspired by the nanoscale structure of a butterfly's wing, can dramatically reduce the cost and improve the performance of air-purification technologies, making them more accessible. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University

A new type of coating inspired from Butterfly wings

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