# @ucirvine on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DO9f38rDkw-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34853130-ucirvine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-23T22:06:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UC Irvine (@ucirvine) — https://gondola.cc/ucirvine

## Caption

UC Irvine materials scientists are studying the mantis shrimp, whose hammer-like clubs strike at 50+ miles per hour delivering devastating blows to prey... yet never get damaged. The secret? A nanoparticle coating that absorbs and dissipates energy. 

Published in nature_the_journal, this discovery could transform protective surfaces for use in: 

🚗 Automobiles
✈️ Aircraft 
🪖 Helmets

🏛️ Research funded by afresearchlab #SpeakUp4Science

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