The Shrimp’s Tiny Treadmill; No, It Didn’t Cost $3 Million

WHEN MARINE BIOLOGIST DAVID SCHOLNICK WANTED TO CONDUCT RESEARCH on how changes in the oceans might affect the ability of marine organisms to fight infections, he settled on a study involving shrimp and a device that became famous as “The Shrimp’s Tiny Treadmill.” The point was to study shrimp’s ability to remove bacteria from its body, since that could have an impact on bacteria that might end up in seafood. Since shrimp are active creatures

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