{"685559":{"#nid":"685559","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Scientists develop incredible seashell-inspired material that could be used on space missions: \u0027Tackles a fundamental mechanics problem\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech have developed a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2502613122\u0022 id=\u0022OWAa7ae8f85-6016-0039-a847-4bea0f8f4cce\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2502613122\u0022\u003Eseashell-inspired material\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for more powerful plastic, which can both improve the recycling ability of the material and also use it in high-stress areas, such as space, as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/innovation\/georgia-tech-seashell-inspired-recycled-plastics\u0022 id=\u0022OWA743093e3-b08d-4b33-6e29-b8e396d69f0f\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/innovation\/georgia-tech-seashell-inspired-recycled-plastics\u0022\u003EInteresting Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;reported.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBecause there are so many \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.princeton.edu\/news\/earth-week-chemsplainer-why-is-plastic-so-hard-to-recycle\/\u0022 id=\u0022OWA3359579f-0f72-1c30-0c4c-ece507bbcca2\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.princeton.edu\/news\/earth-week-chemsplainer-why-is-plastic-so-hard-to-recycle\/\u0022\u003Edifferent types of plastics\u003C\/a\u003E, recycling them is difficult, as well as pricey.\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech have developed a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2502613122\u0022 id=\u0022OWAa7ae8f85-6016-0039-a847-4bea0f8f4cce\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2502613122\u0022\u003Eseashell-inspired material\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for more powerful plastic, which can both improve the recycling ability of the material and also use it in high-stress areas, such as space, as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/innovation\/georgia-tech-seashell-inspired-recycled-plastics\u0022 id=\u0022OWA743093e3-b08d-4b33-6e29-b8e396d69f0f\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/innovation\/georgia-tech-seashell-inspired-recycled-plastics\u0022\u003EInteresting Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;reported.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBecause there are so many \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.princeton.edu\/news\/earth-week-chemsplainer-why-is-plastic-so-hard-to-recycle\/\u0022 id=\u0022OWA3359579f-0f72-1c30-0c4c-ece507bbcca2\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.princeton.edu\/news\/earth-week-chemsplainer-why-is-plastic-so-hard-to-recycle\/\u0022\u003Edifferent types of plastics\u003C\/a\u003E, recycling them is difficult, as well as pricey.\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36757","created_gmt":"2025-10-06 18:05:35","changed_gmt":"2025-10-06 18:05:35","author":"ychernet3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Yahoo ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/scientists-develop-incredible-seashell-inspired-131500686.html?guccounter=1","dateline":{"date":"2025-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"660370","name":"Space"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}