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Sea urchin spines inspire self-powered underwater sensors

  • February 26, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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Sea urchin spines inspire self-powered underwater sensors
Nature does it again! The natural world has a knack for giving us the blueprints for some useful technologies, and the humble sea urchin is the latest contributor. Scientists have designed a new class of smart sensors by mimicking the internal architecture found in their spines.

Originally published at Phys.org

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