Squid teeth could help make bioplastics and self-repairing clothes

Pennsylvania State researchers are finding that a protein in SRTs can be turned into fibres and films for making tough, flexible and biodegradable plastics

To seize prey, squid rely on a battery of tough, serrated suckers at the end of their tentacles known as…

Full text: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2194581-squid-teeth-could-help-make-bioplastics-and-self-repairing-clothes/

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NewScientist, 2019-02-21.

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Pennsylvania State University

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