Watersnail (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Watersnail (1 of 2)

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A UC San Diego engineer has found that mimicking the movement of water snails like the one above could lead to new propulsion methods.

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David Hu (MIT and Georgia Tech) and Brian Chan (MIT).

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