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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Beetles Are Inspiration For New Antibacterial Coatings

Scientists at M.I.T. looking to add new chemical functionalities to spray coatings have turned to the beetle for inspiration. Some beetles that live in very ...  > full story

Sea Urchins Reveal Medical Mysteries

Researchers are using the sea urchins to study and understand diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy. Although they are invertebrates, the ...  > full story

Shark-Inspired Boat Surface

Researchers are using shark skin as a model for creating new coatings that prevent adhesion of algae and barnacles to boats. The new coating is modeled after sharks' placoid scales, ...  > full story

Greener Grass, Less Water

Using census data, satellite images, aerial photographs, and computer simulations, a NASA scientist estimated that turf grass is the single-largest irrigated crop in the United States, ...  > full story
 

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