spongelike

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If comb jellies, with a nervous system and muscles, are the deepest branch on the animal tree, then early animals may have not been simple and spongelike.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

Ertürk’s team found that treating mouse bodies for 2 weeks with a chemical called beta-cyclodextrin dissolves cholesterol in the cell membrane, creating spongelike holes in the whole organism without damaging other parts of the tissues.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2023

The researchers first modeled spongelike environments on a computer and found that varying chamber sizes would allow many different bacterial strains to thrive.

From Scientific American • May 27, 2022

They sip carbon dioxide out of the air, catching it in spongelike filters.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2021

The spongelike carpet underneath the forest holds the water until it has had time to soak into the earth from which it later emerges as springs.

From Conservation Reader by Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)