Perinereis cultrifera carries jaws that blur the boundary between biology and metal. Built from proteins and metal ions, the ...
A sea worm’s metal-like jaws may represent an entirely new class of natural material. In the classic guessing game “20 ...
An ancient sea worm may hold the secret to a whole new category of natural materials. Its jaws combine proteins and metal ...
The jaws of an ancient marine worm have revealed a natural material that behaves in unexpected ways under pressure.
When playing the classic game "20 Questions," one may begin with the common opener: "Animal, vegetable, or mineral?" ...
Researchers studying the jaws of an ancient marine bristle worm have shed new light on “bio-metals”, a rare class of natural materials that blur the line between biology and mineralogy The study, ...
A recent study examined a transparent material used in high-impact applications such as helicopter windshields at the ...
Imagine you’re playing “20 Questions” and you start with the classic opener: “Animal, vegetable, or mineral?” Most of the ...
The Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences (www.chab.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich and the PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences (CNM, external page www.psi.ch ...