sponge

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Further along the table, a three-tiered honey cake sits near a wholemeal plum cake with spiced icing, while a Swedish princess cake draws gasps of admiration with its dome of sponge, jam, custard and marzipan.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

To resolve this long standing conflict, an international research team led by Dr. M. Eleonora Rossi of the University of Bristol's School of Biological Sciences took a closer look at how sponge skeletons evolved.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

The findings raise new questions about what drove the earliest stages of sponge evolution.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

To use as a metal, titanium ore has to be turned into a porous form called sponge — the U.S. imports over 95% of that.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

Throckmorton had gone to the southern coast of Turkey to write about sponge divers and their fascinating work.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler