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Mosquito proboscis repurposed as a fine nozzle for 3D printing
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cm0002 infosec.pub cm0002@infosec.pub
Joined: 2025-10-21
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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.

Changhong Cao at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and his colleagues developed the technique, which they call 3D necroprinting, because they were unable to find nozzles thin enough for their work on manufacturing very fine structures. The narrowest commercially available nozzle they could find had an interior bore of 35 micrometres and also came with a hefty £60 ($80) price tag.

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Mouselemming sh.itjust.works Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-12
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I feel terrible glee

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WIZARD POPE💫 lemmy.world Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-08
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Finally a way for those fucking blood suckers to cpntribute to society

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