{"46357":{"#nid":"46357","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researchers Develop Flow Sensors Based on Blind Fish Hair Structures","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA blind fish that has evolved a unique technique for sensing motion may inspire a new generation of sensors that perform better than current active sonar.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough members of the fish species \u003Cem\u003EAstyanax fasciatus\u003C\/em\u003E cannot see, they sense their environment and the movement of water around them with gel-covered hairs that extend from their bodies. 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