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HAMPTON, Va.HAMPTON, Va. — Who knew that keeping bug guts off airplanes could be a mission for NASA? It turns out that insect “residue” splattering on the wings of big aircraft as they take off is a ...

HAMPTON, Va. — Who knew that keeping bug guts off airplanes could be a mission for NASA? It turns out that insect “residue” splattering on the wings of big aircraft as they take off is a real problem ...

Angrily thwacking the ketchup bottle to coax out the stubborn sauce could soon be a distant memory, after scientists invented an edible non-stick coating. Applying just a thin layer of the tasteless ...

Your shirts may yet be spared your clumsy eating. A team of scientists has created a new kind of super slippery coating called X-SLIPS that can shed all kinds of water- and oil-based products—like ...