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Mosquitoes’ feeding tubes make ultrafine 3D-printing nozzles

The environmentally friendly technology paves the way for advances in manufacturing and biomedical engineering

Peer-Reviewed Publication

McGill University

3D print of a maple leaf at multiple resolutions

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3D print of a maple leaf made with the mosquito proboscis micronozzle at various resolutions 

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Credit: c/o Changhong Cao

Journal

Science Advances

DOI

10.1126/sciadv.adw9953

Method of Research

Experimental study

Subject of Research

Not applicable

Article Title

3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing

Article Publication Date

19-Nov-2025

COI Statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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