What pig hearts and a little noise can teach us about designing better soft valves

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Some of the best engineers and inventors are copycats.

They look at how the natural world solves complex problems and use those mechanisms as the basis for innovations.

But Mother Nature doesn't always give up her secrets easily.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:30 UTC.

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