Researchers develop nature-mimicking freeze-casting technique for fabricating advanced porous materials
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 15:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
It has often been said that nature is history's greatest innovator and if that is true then scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are learning from the best. Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a freeze-casting technique that enables them to design and create strong, tough and lightweight materials comparable to bones, teeth, shells and wood.