Unusual snail shell could be a model for better armor
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 21 January, 2010
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Deep within the Kairei Indian hydrothermal vent field, two-and-one-half miles below the central Indian Ocean, scientists have discovered a gastropod mollusk, whose armor could improve load-bearing and protective materials in everything from aircraft hulls to sports equipment....