The resultsshow that the damagedlayer of silicon cut byWEDMmainly appears massive impurityelements, remeltedandelasticdistortion with a high densitydislocation.
The result is that any coating, such as an antibacterial layer, would be "self-repairing" after small amounts of damage, as the molecular chains just below the damagedlayer re-cover the surface.
Venezuelan environmentalist Erik Quiroga believes the storms could help repair the damaged ozone layer and is campaigning for the entire ecosystem that produces the storms to be recognized as a Unesco World Heritage site.
During the dinosaurs' time on Earth, "the atmosphere became charged with methane, which finally damaged the ozone layer and brought about great changes in the vegetation, " it added.