Cracking Eggshell Nanostructure (IMAGE)

McGill University

Cracking Eggshell Nanostructure

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Over their short lifetimes though, bird eggshells change their strength. For example, they get thinner and weaker before hatching begins. Now, researchers investigating eggshell structure have zeroed in on the fine structure and mechanical properties of chicken eggshells, and shell changes associated with chick hatching.

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Carla Schaffer/ AAAS

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