No serious website or blog about science and chemistry including my pages entitles "The Material chemists" can afford to ignore ChemWeb.com and it's attractive and functional, free house journal-newsletter, The Alchemist, cf Ref1 below.
In a major overhaul of my personal library I came across a paper version of "the alchemist-2001! cf.archives ref1. below)" (free online mag) . I went back to the site of which I am a registered member-(sadly too inactive). As a materials oriented person, fittingly, I found a couple of features on materials science one of which involved biomimetics (copying nature's processes to find improved processes (cheaper-less energy intensive) and products (improved properties) compared with existing choices.
"conch shells might be used as a model for creating composite materials as tough as steel but much less dense and perhaps far less costly to make in terms of energy and expense."
-Conch shell gives nano- insights into composite materials
The other concerned
storage materials involving nanotechnology
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issue overview
biomimetics: Tough as conch
materials: Storage in a whirl
analytical: Water's secret scents
environment: Burning for nitrous
robotics: Testing times for tox robot
politics: Nuclear issues
REFERENCE LINKS:
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Achives: Jan 1997-to date
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Chemweb.com back ground.
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ChemWeb and the Alchemist
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