Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Looking to Nature For Material Inspiration
Abalone build hard shells; diatoms build tiny cages of glass. Can they teach humans to build better batteries, or solar cells? Angela Belcher, a materials scientist at MIT, describes her efforts to enlist the aid of viruses, yeasts, and other organisms to help build better materials for technology.
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