Why do dew drops do what they do on leaves?
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 15:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore once wrote, "Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf." Now, a new study is finally offering an explanation for why small dew drops do as Tagore advised and form on the tips, rather than the flat surfaces, of leaves.