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Material like snail shell has been selected to be shown at Expo 2010 in Shanghai at Youth Innovation Center

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Dear Colleagues:

I am very happy to let you know that our innovation of material like snail shell has been selected to be presented at EXPO 2010 in Shanghai at Youth Innovation Center (中国2010年上海世博会全球青年创新之旅).

 

Protection mechanisms of the iron-plated armor of a deep-sea hydrothermal vent gastropod

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Dear Colleagues,

I would like to bring your attention to our latest PNAS paper which
was just published on-line in Early Edition. This paper focused
on the protection mechanism of the unique snail (Crysomallon squamiferum) shell from deep-sea hydrothermal environment. It is an Open Access Article. You can download it freely by clicking HERE or the attachment.

Science Channel Tonight at 9:00pm

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Dear Colleagues,

May I have your attention please? It's air time for the second episode of "Popular Science's Future of...Combat".  The show will air on The Science Channel (science.discovery.com) at 9pm ET/PT on 9/07/09. The research on biological armors by Christine Ortiz's group from MIT will be reported.

Enjoy.

 

Research Scientist Positions (in Singapore)

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  • The Institute of High
    Performance Computing (IHPC), a member of the Agency for Science,
    Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore, invites applications for
    eight available positions for research scientists in the field of
    theoretical and computational mechanics and materials science. These
    positions are in conjunction with the A*STAR-sponsored Visiting
    Investigatorship Program (VIP) led by Prof. Huajian Gao from Brown University who is the Principle Investigator.