This improbable membrane can trap flies in a jar—and odor in a toilet

Reverse filter lets bigger things through, hold back smaller things.

Read the paper (free): http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/8/eaat3276


CREDITS

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editor/animator/narrator
Chris Burns

supervising producer
Sarah Crespi

script
Chris Burns
Sarah Crespi
Catherine Matacic

citation
B. Boschtisch Stogin et al., Science Advances 2018
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat3276

research photos/footage
Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin
Tak-Sing Wong
Luke Gockowski
Pennsylvania State University

stock footage
Pond5

music
Chris Burns