CityU Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health (PH)’s Post

🧩🦴🧩Nature has a remarkable way of striking a balance between #functionality and #elegance. The tiles that cover the cartilage skeleton of #stingrays are a fitting example: they protect the animal while forming geometric patterns, much like a mosaic. 🧩🦴🧩 But how do these tiles maintain their pattern and shape as the animal grows throughout its life? 🎥Find out how mason dean, Binru Y. & team put together the tiles of the puzzle—and of the stingray's skeleton—in this short video.🎥 Read their paper (Wiley): https://lnkd.in/ejzPSh4z The research was carried out by an interdisciplinary team from our Insitute and Matters of Activity. Image Space Material (Binru Y. , David Knötel, Jana Ciecierska-Holmes,Jan Wölfer, Julia Chaumel, Paul Zaslansky, Daniel Baum, Peter Fratzl, mason dean)