> Mimicking their structure, the researchers say, could lead to stronger and lighter composite materials.
News like this makes me weep for all the data that has been lost forever to us with the mass extinction of smaller lifeforms over the past couple of centuries.
The kimberlite limpet strikes again, with long, trailing 1:1:0 chitin radula honed on unremarkable lay press graphene moss... Okay no, high fraction of goethite (FeO(OH)) nanofiber inclusions, per scary-looking inclusion inset d in figure 1.
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 24.5 ms ] threadWhat the heck is up with the title? Nowhere in the article does it contain "NASA" and this is by a UK university anyway...
News like this makes me weep for all the data that has been lost forever to us with the mass extinction of smaller lifeforms over the past couple of centuries.
http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/105/201413...