Monday 28 October 2013

evolution - Could an organism theoretically produce a metamaterial-like structure?

I'm curious to know if this is physically feasible because during my reading up on synthetic biology and just general research i realise that life is capable of producing some exquisitely complex materials and biological structures and wondered if they could potentially recreate artficial materials that aren't found in nature well not yet anyway. Could such a structure evolve naturally or would it have to be designed or directed via synthetic biology techniques?



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