Flying pigs may be an impossible and oft-used phrase but you can rest assured that ‘glowing pigs’ have entered the realm of reality. Scientists at South China Agricultural University announced the breakthrough last week.
We have seen some incredible robotic designs in the recent past. Add to that a jellyfish-like robot now which weighs a mere 2g and is able to fly in the air and float.
Yoichiro Kawaguchi, a professor of Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at the University of Tokyo, has created a swimming Jellyfish robot based on a theme of “Space Jellyfish”. The robot is just an artistic interpretation of what a jellyfish in space might look like.
Christian Sommer, a German marine-biology student, discovered in 1988, while conducting research on hydrozoans, that the dialogue “the secret to immortality lay in a coral found on the ocean floor” could be true. After few researches, researchers now believe that Jellyfish may unlock the secret to immortality.
Bioengineers from Harvard University have created an artificial Jellyfish using silicone and muscle cells from a rat’s heart. Scientists have named the synthetic creature a Medusoid. The discovery can be used to save lives in the future.
A few lucky animals, such as jellyfish and corals, have the strange ability to absorb light and emit it as a different, glowing color. This phenomenon is known as biofluorescence, and lately, scientists have discovered 180 species that can glow.
Ctenophora, widely known as Comb Jellies, are a beautiful, oval-shaped animal with eight rows of tiny comb-like plates which they beat to move themselves through the water. After analyzing a Comb Jelly, researchers have mentioned that Comb Jellies might have been the ancestor of all animals on Earth.
Have you ever thought that one day you would be reading a news of an animal that can glow in the dark? Yes, it’s true. Nine sheep have born that can glow in the dark!