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TIL Researchers have developed a self-cleaning surface which uses nano-scale surface engineering and chemistry. It can repel/prevent the transfer of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and other bacteria. The material can be shrink-wrapped onto door handles, railings, and other surfaces

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yDoM TIL human fingers can discriminate between surfaces patterned with ridges as small as 13 nanometers in amplitude & non-patterned surfaces. This means that if your finger was the size of the Earth, you could feel the difference between houses from cars
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