#Researchers find cuttlebone’s microstructure sits at a ‘sweet spot’
“#Researchers find cuttlebone’s microstructure sits at a ‘sweet spot’” Postdoctoral researcher Zian Jia examines a 3D-printed model of cuttlebone’s microstructure. Credit: Peter Means for Virginia Tech. Ling Li has a lesson in one of his mechanical engineering courses on how brittle materials like calcium carbonate behave under stress. In it, he takes a piece of…