Starfish Embryos Swim in Surprisingly Organized Formation – Like a “Living Crystal” - SciTechDaily

Their swirling, clustering behavior may someday inform the design of self-assembling robotic swarms. A starfish embryo, in its earliest stages, before it sprouts its distinctive tentacles, looks like a small bead and spins in the water like a miniature ball b…

ByDavid L. Chandler, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJuly 26, 2022 MIT scientists have observed that when multiple starfish embryos spin up to the surface, they gravitate to each other and spon… [+4627 chars]

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