A Fresh Coat of Innovation

A cultivated pearl oyster; researchers working for the US Air Force hope that manipulating the way oysters make pearls will allow them to provide a biomimetic ceramic coating that could be applied more accurately and under less demanding conditions.
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A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-232 about to land; the Delta-Northwest merger... -
A cultivated pearl oyster; researchers working for the US Air Force hope that... -
A bird feather found in the left (number 1) engine of US Airways Flight 1549,... -
Members of the New York City Police Department Scuba Team hand a piece of... -
The Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' at its roll-out ceremony. Fuel efficiency is an... -
Aerospace coatings have always occupied a particularly high-tech and... -
Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Lightning II taking off on its... -
Sometimes, simply looking good is the bit that really matters; an advanced...