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How Marine Sponges Form Spiky Glass Structures Offers Inspiration for Electronic Technologies (1 of 4)

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How Marine Sponges Form Spiky Glass Structures Offers Inspiration for Electronic Technologies (1 of 4)

image: Electron microscopy image of glass spicules from the sponge Geodia cydonium. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 18 Oct. 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by V. Schoeppler at Technische Universität Dresden in Dresden, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Shaping highly regular glass architectures: A lesson from nature." view more 

Credit: [Credit: Zlotnikov Group, B CUBE, TU Dresden]


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