Using compressive steel plates, engineers at the University of California Irvine (UCI) found that it can take an applied force of about 150 newtons – a load at least 39,000 times its body weight – before its exoskeleton begins to fracture. … “The ironclad is a terrestrial beetle, so it’s not lightweight and fast but built more like a little tank,” says UCI’s David Kisailus.
Deadline: February 23, 2018
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“Almost any objective analysis for getting to zero emissions includes hydrogen.” — Jack Brouwer, director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine, on the prospects for hydrogen as a mainstream fuel source. [Subscription required, campus-wide access provided by UCI Libraries.
