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Dead mosquito beaks make surprisingly good 3D printing nozzles

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 20, 2026
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Puma, J., Yang, Z., Johnston, E., Zhang, Z., Lan, X., Zhang, L., Hou, H., He, Z., Afify, A., Creighton, M. A., Li, J., & Cao, C. (2025). 3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing. Science Advances. https://doi.org/adw9953

A dead mosquito’s feeding tube costs about 80 cents. A commercial glass nozzle for high-resolution 3D…

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