The secrets of the lowly ground beetle could lead to better tissue engineering
Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 11:56
in Physics & Chemistry
Insects are about to be analyzed in a new way by a host of Virginia Tech engineering faculty. They will be using some fancy state-of-the-art equipment, such as a kilometer-long synchrotron x-ray light source, which might be enough to scare any bug. And first up will be beetles, grasshoppers and silk moths because they have some endearing characteristics.
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