Bioinspired one-way-flow pipes handle liquid like sharks digest food

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Some of the prototype pipes, along with their inspiration

Ordinarily, if you want liquid to flow in only one direction through a pipe, that pipe needs to be equipped with a flap-type valve – which could fail. Now, however, scientists have created a new type of potentially more robust one-way-flow pipe, which was inspired by shark intestines.

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