Stingrays reveal nature’s elegant solution to maintaining geometric armour growth, according to CityUHK study

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How does the armoured tiling on shark and ray cartilage maintain continuous covering as the animals’ skeletons expand during growth? A new study led by a marine biologist at CityUHK explores this fascinating biological puzzle.

Period	18 Mar 2025

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Title	Stingrays reveal nature's elegant solution to maintaining geometric armor growth
Persons	Mason Newman DEAN Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Media name/outlet	Urallnews.com
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Web
Date	19/03/25
Link	https://urallnews.com/stingrays-reveal-natures-elegant-solution-to-maintaining-geometric-armor-growth/

Title	Stingrays reveal nature’s elegant solution to maintaining geometric armour growth, according to CityUHK study
Persons	Mason Newman DEAN Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Media name/outlet	City University of Hong Kong - NewsCentre
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Web
Producer/Author	Michael Gibb
Date	18/03/25
Link	https://www.cityu.edu.hk/media/news/2025/03/18/stingrays-reveal-natures-elegant-solution-maintaining-geometric-armour-growth-according-cityuhk-study