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Dead mosquito proboscis used for high-resolution 3D printing nozzle (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/38218875

A severed mosquito proboscis can be turned into an extremely fine nozzle for 3D printing, and this could help create replacement tissues and organs for transplants.

I've linked to a decent write-up on Tom's Hardware, but New Scientist covered it last week too.

Source paper: 3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing (science.org)

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[–] 9 points 10 months ago

Peak candidate for the next IgNobel prize, there

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