Self-healing fabric, abrasion-resistant coatings, precision drug delivery and smart textiles are potential applications of squid ‘ring tooth’ protein The remarkable properties of a recently-... Read more
Squid tentacles are loaded with hundreds of suction cups, or suckers, and each sucker has a ring of razor-sharp “teeth” that help these mighty predators latch onto and take down prey. In a s... Read more
Much cheaper and easier to operate than the best magnetometers available today Two years ago, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. deve... Read more
Smart clothing that can camouflage itself against different backgrounds If you’ve ever watched a cephalopod such as a squid changing color, then you’ll know that it’s a pretty amazing proces... Read more
A team of CSIRO Future Manufacturing Flagship scientists has won a major mining industry award for the invention of the highly sensitive magnetic field sensor which sits at the operational h... Read more