Aircraft designers are always on the lookout for tough but lightweight materials. Chris Broomell of the University of California, Santa Barbara may have found a new candidate—on the head of a worm. http://louiskjksheehan.blogspot.com
The ragworm, sometimes called the sandworm (but not to be confused with the hideous but fictional creatures from Dune),
boasts two ultra-tough pincers that it uses to burrow into ocean
sediment. At 90 percent protein, you’d expect the worm’s mouth-parts to |