/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Changhong%20Cao/rss en /channels/channels/news/mosquitoes-feeding-tubes-make-ultrafine-3d-printing-nozzles-369957 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers in 91ºÚÁÏÍø’s <a href="/mecheng/" rel="noreferrer noopener">Department of Mechanical Engineering</a> and at <a href="https://drexel.edu/" rel="noreferrer noopener">Drexel University</a> have developed an innovative manufacturing technique that makes female mosquito proboscides, or feeding tubes, into high-resolution 3D-printing nozzles. With its unique geometry, structure and mechanics, the proboscis enables printed line widths as fine as 20 microns, or a little smaller than a white blood cell. This is roughly twice as fine as what commercially available print</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-115924735.jpg?itok=3K9AICz3" width="160" height="120" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:39:14 +0000 webfull 214457 at /channels