Scientists just developed a new 'super strong' material inspired by limpets - Interesting Engineering

7/7/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Deena Theresa
by Deena Theresa
In a first, an interdisciplinary team from the University of Portsmouth have successfully grown a limpet-inspired biomaterial with extreme strength.
In 2015, it was found that the strongest known biologically occurring material, was possessed by limpets, a marine mollusk that has a shallow conical shell, often found attached to rocks. These smal… [+3989 chars]
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