What MIT Scientists Discovered About Manta Rays Is Revolutionizing Water Filtration
MIT engineers have discovered that the mobula ray, a type of filter-feeding aquatic ray, utilizes a unique mechanism to feed ...
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Scientists are inspired by manta rays to design better water filters
Filter feeders in the animal kingdom showcase a variety of strategies to capture food from water, from the intricate ...
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Feeding Frenzy
In just a few hours a massive concentration of plankton builds up ... and the chain spins into a vortex. "We call that cyclone feeding," says Stevens. "When you get more than a hundred mantas ...
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To design better water filters, MIT engineers look to manta rays
A vortex key As part of their new study ... These vortices effectively block any plankton particles — even those that are ...
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Plankton are the backbone of the ocean — and may struggle with what’s coming
Yet these tiny organisms — called plankton — may be unable to thrive in the rapidly warming oceans, according to a pair of new studies. The decline of these microscopic creatures puts huge ...
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MIT 3D Prints Water Filters Inspired by Manta Rays
Researchers at MIT used 3D printed to develop water filters based on the geometries of manta ray filter-feeding systems.
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Ice Age plankton model suggests sea life will struggle to survive future global warming
A new study highlights how some marine life could face extinction over the next century, if human-induced global warming worsens. The research, led by the University of Bristol and published in ...
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MIT 3D prints water filters inspired by mobula rays
MIT engineers 3D print water filters inspired by the plankton-filtering features of mobula rays - improving industrial water filtration.