{"id":151137,"date":"2026-05-11T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151137"},"modified":"2026-05-11T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:00:08","slug":"inspired-by-crocodile-scales-chinese-armour-tech-said-to-deflect-projectiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151137","title":{"rendered":"Inspired by crocodile scales, Chinese armour tech said to deflect projectiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese researchers say they have developed a crocodile-inspired ceramic body armour that can deflect projectiles and potentially offer a low-cost alternative for lightweight ballistic protection.<br \/>\nThe team \u2013 led by associate research fellow Zhaoxiu Jiang at Ningbo University \u2013 based their design on the asymmetric, overlapping scales of crocodile skin, which provide a protective barrier against predators and other crocs.<br \/>\nTheir research findings were published on March 25 in the peer-reviewed&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3352835\/inspired-crocodile-scales-chinese-armour-tech-said-deflect-projectiles?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese researchers say they have developed a crocodile-inspired ceramic body armour that can deflect projectiles and potentially offer a low-cost alternative for lightweight ballistic&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151137"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}