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Jul. 29, 2011
Looking to Nature For Material Inspiration
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| Abalone build hard shells; diatoms build tiny cages of glass. Can they teach humans to build better batteries, or solar cells? Angela Belcher, a materials scientist at MIT, describes her efforts to enlist the aid of viruses, yeasts, and other organisms to help build better materials for technology. |
Produced by Charles Bergquist, Director and Contributing Producer
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Angela Belcher
W.M. Keck Professor of Energy
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction
by Annalee Newitz
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