Dead mosquito beaks make surprisingly good 3D printing nozzles

A dead mosquito's feeding tube costs about 80 cents. A commercial glass nozzle for high-resolution 3D printing runs around $80. Researchers at McGill University and Drexel University went with the mosquito.

Their technique, published in Science Advances in January 2026, is called "3D necroprinting" — using the proboscis from a deceased female mosquito as the nozzle on a 3D printer. — Read the rest

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