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May 30, 2013

Bio-Inspired Materials

In the search for the next groundbreaking tough material, scientists like David Kisalus from the University of California, Riverside, are looking to nature for inspiration, including under the sea where one little crustacean packs a walloping punch--the peacock mantis shrimp.

Credit: National Science Foundation and NBC Learn


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