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(AP) — The razor-sharp beaks bara, report that they have an
that giant squids use to attack explanation
The beak, made of hard chitin
whales — and maybe even C ap­
tain N em o's submarine — might and other materials, changes den­
one day lead to im proved artifi­ sity gradually from the hard tip to
a softer, more flexible base where
cial limbs for people.
That deadly beak may be a sur­ it attaches to the muscle around
prise to many people, and has the squid’s mouth, the research­
long posed a puzzle for scien­ ers found.
That means the tough beak can
tists. They wonder how a crea­
ture without any bones can oper­ chomp away at fish for dinner,
but the hard m aterial d o e sn 't
ate it without hurting itself.
Now, researchers at the U ni­ press or rub directly against the
versity of California, Santa Bar­ squid's softer tissues.
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molecular, cellular ¿¿developmen­ believer.”
“If we could reproduce the
tal biology, said such graduated
m a te ria ls c o u ld have bro ad property gradients that we find in
applications in biomedical m ate­ squid beak, it would open new
possibilities for joining m ateri­
rials.
"Lots of useful inform ation als,” Zok said.
The researchers are learning
could come out of this for implant
materials, for example. Interfaces lessons that can be applied to
between soft and hard m aterials medical m aterials in the future,
said Phillip B. M essersmith of the
occur everyw here,” he said.
Frank Zok, professor and as­ departm ent of biom edical engi­
sociate chair of the departm ent of neering at N orthw estern U niver­
materials, said he had always been sity.
M essersmith, who was not part
skeptical o f w hether there is any
real advantage to materials that o f the research team, noted that
change their properties gradu­ hard medical implants made of
ally from one part to another, “but metal or ceramic are often imbed­
the squid beak turned me into a ded in soft tissues.
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