Since ages, scientists have been trying to figure out the secret of desert beetles to provide clean water to communities in water-stressed areas. Now researchers have succeeded in gaining deeper insight into how the surface on the desert beetles body helps it collect water. Researchers carried out an experiment by using varying surface textures—bumpy, grooved, and smooth and tested them in a wind tunnel to see how much water they would be able to pull out of the fog. They found that bumpy surfaces worked exceptionally well. Researchers say the using the beetle-inspired technique, engineers could develop a water-collection device for refugee tents that could pull out the water droplets from the wind.
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