Fish Scales Could Improve Body Armor
Credit: CHRISTINE ORTIZ
The MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies is dissecting what may be a viable design for body armor. A fish with prehistoric bloodlines called Polypterus senegalus has scales in multiple layers that act as an armored suit. Researchers say it protects internal organs during attack. P. senegalus...
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