Lobster’s underbelly is as tough as industrial rubber
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
Flip a lobster on its back, and you’ll see that the underside of its tail is split in segments connected by a translucent membrane that appears rather vulnerable when compared with the armor-like carapace that shields the rest of the crustacean. But engineers at MIT and elsewhere have found that this soft membrane is surprisingly […]