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Jul 23

Looks Like a Jellyfish, Moves Like a Jellyfish, But It’s Really a Rat

It’s called a medusoid, and if that sounds like something straight from science fiction, it is. According to an article in Nature, “bioengineers have made an artificial jellyfish using silicone and muscle cells from a rat’s heart. The synthetic creature, dubbed a medusoid, looks like a flower with eight petals. When placed in an electric …

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