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using bacteria and enzymes from sea sponges to create tiny microlenses that mimic the sea sponge's natural ability to combine strength and lightness. In a paper published in the journal PNAS ...

These drugs have one thing in common: They are derived from a sponge. Yes, a sponge. Or more specifically, a sea sponge. Sea sponges, a kind of aquatic animal found in oceans and some lakes ...

Sea sponges are some of the oldest creatures ... which builds up on their little sponge-y surfaces. When that mucus becomes too much, the sponge tissues contract and push the waste-filled snot ...

Belinda the sea sponge has a lot going on for an animal that can't go anywhere. Canadian researchers have used four years of time-lapse footage from the sea floor of British Columbia to paint ...

Warming ocean temperatures are affecting sea sponge populations in other parts of New Zealand too, Bell noted. Swathes of dead sea sponges were discovered in the country’s northern coastal areas.

The researchers think it does a better job than other data sets, some which were calculated using 19th-century temperature measurements from ships crossing the sea. The sponge data shows that ...

'Missing' early sea sponges discovered Date: June 5, 2024 Source: Virginia Tech Summary: Geobiologists reported a 550 million-year-old sea sponge that had been missing from the fossil record. The ...

The next time you spot a sea sponge, say “gesundheit!” Some sponges regularly “sneeze” to clear debris from their porous bodies. It’s “like someone with a runny nose,” says team ...

Adapting to the Abyss: Passive Ventilation in the Deep-Sea Glass Sponge Euplectella aspergillum. Physical Review Letters , 2024; 132 (20) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.208402 Cite This Page : ...