As a boy growing up in Brazil 40 years ago, Marc A. Meyers marveled at the lightweight toughness of toucan beaks that he occasionally found on the forest floor. Now a materials scientist and professor ...
A toucan can thank the marvels of 3-D printing for a life-changing procedure. It is not clear how the bird, named Tieta, lost the upper part of her beak, but veterinarians at a Brazilian wildlife ...
What makes the colorful beak of a toucan both strong and light? To find out, University of California, San Diego, materials scientist and engineer Marc A. Meyers and his colleagues studied the ...
It turns out there’s more to a toucan’s bill than pretty colors and a penchant for Fruit Loops. Originally described as “grossly monstrous” by the Comte de Buffon, the toucan's beak was theorized by ...
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