As if you needed another reason why teeth are awesome, check out this article from Andrew Liszewski (from Gizmodo) about how studying enamel is helping scientists build better planes!
Artificial tooth enamel could one day lead to the development of materials that could be a better alternative to the metals currently used to build airplane fuselages and automobile chassis. The fake enamel is not only lighter, the researchers say it’s able to withstand the constant vibrations, pressures, plus expansions and compressions that metals experience during flights, which overtime lead to microscopic cracks and eventual structure failure—the last thing you want at 30,000 feet.
See you at Salamander Saturday,
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