NYS teachers take on microplastics with snail-inspired robot
August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026
ITHACA, New York, Aug. 10 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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NYS teachers take on microplastics with snail-inspired robot
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On a rainy morning in late July, Professor Sunny Jung asked a group of New York state schoolteachers to consider the biology of the aquatic snail.
With only one foot, the snail can move and feed, and they do it with an efficient undulating motion that can draw in particles from a distance 1 . . .
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NYS teachers take on microplastics with snail-inspired robot
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On a rainy morning in late July, Professor Sunny Jung asked a group of New York state schoolteachers to consider the biology of the aquatic snail.
With only one foot, the snail can move and feed, and they do it with an efficient undulating motion that can draw in particles from a distance 1 . . .