Mechanical adaptation of brachiopod shells via hydration-induced structural changes

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• who: Johannes Ihli from the Institut University of Bologna, viale Berti-Pichat, Bologna, Italy have published the paper: Mechanical adaptation of brachiopod shells via hydration-induced structural changes, in the Journal: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
• what: The authors report that the load-bearing shells of the brachiopod Discinisca tenuis11 are able to dynamically modulate their mechanical properties in response to a change in the environment without the need for remodeling via resorption and regeneration of the tissue, i.e., they switch from hard and stiff when dry to malleable when hydrated within minutes. The authors . . .
  

   

  

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