{"id":201473,"date":"2024-12-13T02:09:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T08:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/what-mit-scientists-discovered-about-manta-rays-is-revolutionizing-water-filtration"},"modified":"2024-12-13T02:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T08:09:41","slug":"what-mit-scientists-discovered-about-manta-rays-is-revolutionizing-water-filtration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/what-mit-scientists-discovered-about-manta-rays-is-revolutionizing-water-filtration","title":{"rendered":"What MIT Scientists Discovered About Manta Rays Is Revolutionizing Water Filtration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/what-mit-scientists-discovered-about-manta-rays-is-revolutionizing-water-filtration.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIT engineers have discovered that the mobula ray, a type of filter-feeding aquatic ray, utilizes a unique mechanism to feed and breathe simultaneously, which could revolutionize industrial water filters.<\/p>\n<p>By studying the geometry of the ray\u2019s mouth and gill structures, they developed a blueprint for more efficient filtration systems, balancing permeability with selectivity to enhance performance without increasing energy consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Filter Feeding and Engineering Insights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIT engineers have discovered that the mobula ray, a type of filter-feeding aquatic ray, utilizes a unique mechanism to feed and breathe simultaneously, which could revolutionize industrial water filters. By studying the geometry of the ray\u2019s mouth and gill structures, they developed a blueprint for more efficient filtration systems, balancing permeability with selectivity to enhance [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-engineering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}