<ul><li>A recent study took inspiration from a deep-sea sponge, Venus' flower basket, to design an efficient oil filter.</li><li>The sponge's multi-scale structure, with helical ridges on its outer surface and a smaller checkered pattern on its skeleton, aids in pulling nutrients out of complex flow fields.</li><li>By mimicking this three-level structure, the research team developed an oil-capturing device capable of filtering even emulsified oil from water.</li><li>The filter successfully captured over 97% of oil across various flow conditions.</li></ul>

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