Researchers have developed "Shrilk," a new material that replicates the exceptional strength, toughness, and versatility of one of nature's more extraordinary substances -- insect cuticle. Researchers ...

IN a recent communication 1, I provided evidence to show that the permeability of the outer ‘lipoid layer’ of insect cuticle to feebly dissociating substances of high dielectric constant may be ...

Researchers created a tough, light, flexible material, called shrilk, based on the proteins and structure of the surface covering of insects. Cynthia Graber reports Material scientists admire spider ...

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a new material that replicates the exceptional strength, toughness, and versatility of one ...

Fire-sensing beetles have an outer skin tough enough to let them sense the infrared radiation from a blaze up to 10 kilometers away, scientists report online and in the Aug. 15 Journal of Experimental ...

Clear, biodegradable, biocompatible Shrilk! Part silk, part shrimp shell, this new material has the strength and toughness of aluminum alloy – but at only half the weight. The cheap material could one ...

Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have proposed a hypothesis for why insects are so rare in marine environments. They previously showed that insects evolved a unique ...