The Secrets of Life’s Toughest Material

One of the toughest materials known to science is made not by humans, but by nature... and it's inside of oysters.

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Image Sources:
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/white-mother-of-pearl-pinctada-maxima-oyster-gm917436656-252399392
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/close-up-image-of-organic-pearl-in-a-shell-gm1133373675-300783030
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/vascular-stent-inside-the-vein-gm517751816-89662509

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