Concrete is a ubiquitous building material, but over time, it may become prone to cracking ... Concrete crack resistance boosted 63% by fish scale design. Story by Mrigakshi Dixit • 3mo.

Tough, fish scale-like material with soft flexibility could protect soldiers, astronauts. ScienceDaily . Retrieved April 6, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 03 / 150312122602.htm ...

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Researchers have designed and fabricated a bio-inspired, high strength and high toughness lignocellulose-based material that can serve as a 'wood armor' that rivals the performance of conventional ...

Dragon fish scales. MIT materials scientist Christine Ortiz and her team have focused their ongoing analyses on the Senegal bichir (Polypterus senegalus) — a hard-scaled, roughly 14-inch-long ...

[Image: Scale] Made entirely from fish scales (or 99.5% of it), Scalite is a bio-sourced, biodegradable, and naturally nonflammable material that turns a byproduct of the fishing industry into a ...

On most fish, their hard, overlapping scales provide considerable protection against pokes and cuts. Because those independently-moving scales are each attached to a flexible underlying skin ...

Researchers say the fish’s flexible armor-like scales can help guide the development of better body armor for people as well as applications in aerospace design.