{"id":759810,"date":"2023-07-06T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=759810"},"modified":"2023-07-06T07:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T11:25:00","slug":"secrets-of-pearl-harnessed-for-stronger-space-structures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=759810","title":{"rendered":"Secrets of pearl harnessed for stronger space structures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/White_pearl_necklace_card_full.jpg\" alt=\"White pearl necklace\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pearls and seashells are made from the same basic stuff as easily crushed chalk \u2013 humble calcium carbonate \u2013 so why are they so much tougher? Researchers are taking design tips from the micro-structure of these naturally formed materials to produce stronger, more fracture-resistant ceramics for future space missions.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Enabling_Support\/Space_Engineering_Technology\/Secrets_of_pearl_harnessed_for_stronger_space_structures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Secrets of pearl harnessed for stronger space structures<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ESA Space Engineering &amp; Technology&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pearls and seashells are made from the same basic stuff as easily crushed chalk \u2013 humble calcium carbonate \u2013 so why are they so much tougher? Researchers are taking design&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":759811,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-759810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=759810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/759811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=759810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=759810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=759810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}