Oct 30, 2020
Engineers at Purdue University have turned to nature for inspiration to create ultra-tough materials. Beetles may be small, but they are tough creatures that survive unthinkable situations, including getting eaten by frogs or surviving enormous crushing forces. The diabolical ironclad beetle, Phloeodes diabolicus, has an exoskeleton so tough that it...
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