The findings on how the Venus flower basket sponge manages fluids as well as the wide scope of its potential real-life applications have recently received more news coverage in a variety of news services:
National Science Foundation: “Glass sponges contain properties that may advance the design of ships, planes and skyscrapers” – read here.
Architecture & Design: “Glass sponges could influence future design of buildings” – read here.
SciTech Daily: “Remarkable Structures of Deep-Sea Venus Flower Sponges Useful for Design of Ships, Planes and Skyscrapers” – read here.
FUTURITY: “Sponge’s Clever Structure Could Improve Our Buildings” – read here.
Lab Manager: “Glass Sponges Have Properties for the Design of Ships, Planes, and Skyscrapers” – read here.
Manufacturing Business Technology: “Glass Sponges Could Help Design Ships, Planes, Skyscrapers” – read here.
Read the paper “Extreme flow simulations reveal skeletal adaptations of deep-sea sponges” here.
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