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Scientists Discover Design Secrets of Nearly Indestructible Insect That Can Survive Being Run Over by a Car – SciTechDaily
University of California, Irvine materials scientists discover design secrets of nearly indestructible insect. Southern California’s diabolical ironclad beetle…
Native to desert habitats in Southern California, the diabolical ironclad beetle has an exoskeleton that’s one of the toughest, most crush-resistant structures known to exist in the animal kingdom. UCI researchers led a project to study the components and architectures responsible for making the creature so indestructible. Credit: David Kisailus / UCI
University of California, Irvine materials scientists discover design secrets of nearly indestructible insect.
Southern California’s diabolical ironclad…
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