Printed, Claw-Like Device Mimics Snapping Shrimp to Efficiently Produce Plasma in Liquid (1 of 1) (VIDEO)

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Video overview of 3D-printed shrimp claw efficiently produces shock waves and plasmas research. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the March 15th, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by X. Tang at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, and colleagues was titled, "Bioinspired mechanical device generates plasma in water via cavitation."

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[Credit: Cast: David Staack, Xin Tang, Alpheus Formosus Shrimp. Videography and Production: Matthew Linguist]

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