Squid Inspired Needle-less Injection Technology
Most people cringe at the thought of getting a shot. The uncomfortable process of being physically injected with medicine is widely renowned as one of the worst parts of routine wellness. Unfortunately, these vital medicines need to be delivered directly into bodily tissue, which has previously ruled out most alternatives to the needle-based approach.
In Lake Saimaa of Finland, hundreds of volunteers spend hours shoveling snow banks in an effort to save the critically endangered Saimaa ringed seal. As a result of global warming, the maximum thickness of ice has decreased by 1.5 cm per decade, and the amount of snow that freezes upon Lake Saimaa has decreased dramatically as well. These endangered seals require snowbanks in order to create burrows and give birth to seal pups, and so their population has dwindled to just 500 seals, exclusively found in Lake Saimaa.
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