Protection built to scale -- fish scale, that is

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Polypterus senegalus is a primitive fish whose scaly armor has yielded clues to MIT researchers seeking to better protect soldiers of the future. Photo courtesy Christine Ortiz
Polypterus senegalus is a primitive fish whose scaly armor has yielded clues to MIT researchers seeking to better protect soldiers of the future. Photo courtesy / Christine Ortiz
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists seeking to protect the soldier of the future can learn a lot from a relic of the past, according to an MIT study of a primitive fish that could point to more effective ways of designing human body armor.


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