The spiral structure in mother-of-pearl, an essentially weak material, may add strength and could inspire designs for a more lightweight body armor.
(benjamin bruet)
Armor tips from a scaly era
MIT team is mining secrets of Cretaceous
The spiral structure in mother-of-pearl, an essentially weak material, may add strength and could inspire designs for a more lightweight body armor.
(benjamin bruet)
The next advance in body armor may come from the scales of a 96-million-year-old fish. (Full article: 774 words)
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