Cat's delicate lapping defies gravity: study

WASHINGTON: A cat's delicate lapping does not scoop up water but uses inertia to create kind of a backward waterfall, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.Their study is more than a curiosity. It...

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Cat's delicate lapping defies gravity: study
WASHINGTON: A cat's delicate lapping does not scoop up water but uses inertia to create kind of a backward waterfall, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

Their study is more than a curiosity. It could provide insights into ways to robotically move liquids, the team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Virginia Tech and Princeton University said.