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University of Michigan: Cracking the Mystery of Nature's Toughest Material
October 24, 2019
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 24 [TNSenvironmentresearch - Nature Communications] -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

Nacre, the rainbow-sheened material that lines the insides of mussel and other mollusk shells, is known as nature's toughest material. Now, a team of researchers led by the University of Michigan has revealed precisely how it works, in real time.

More commonly known as mother-of-pearl, nacre's combination of hardness an . . .

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