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Mother of Pearl Secret Revealed Friday, November 28, 2008 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> General Science   
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In addition to its iridescent beauty, mother of pearl, or nacre, the inner lining of the shells of abalone, mussels and certain other mollusks, is also renowned for an amazing strength and toughness that has been a long-standing mystery. Now, scientists have brought to light a new aspect of nacre’s nanostructural architecture using the polarized x-ray beams and nanoscale imaging capabilities of the Advanced Light Source (ALS), a national synchrotron facility. (source: newscenter.lbl.gov)
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