You can pick up a synthetic sponge for just a few dollars. But a natural sea sponge, hand-harvested from the Mediterranean seafloor, could set you back $30. Harvesting these sponges is dangerous ...

You probably don’t think you have much in common with the creatures that inhabit the floor of the deep sea. Most of the ... is thought to be the sponge’s natural reaction to unwanted material ...

The developers were inspired to create this material by complex structure the skeleton of a deep-sea Pacific sponge known for its elasticity ... useful», — explains Jiaming Ma. Among the natural ...

Inspired by the humble deep-sea sponge, RMIT University engineers have ... making them extremely useful.” Natural auxetic materials include tendons and cat skin, while synthetic ones are used ...

A team of engineers from RMIT’s Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials utilized biomimicry to develop a super-strong lattice structure that provides enhanced performance compared to ...