21 June 202316 June 2023 Waste not want not: Waste crab shells can be made into diffraction gratings for optical instruments Bioplastic can be processed from chitosan, a sugar that comes from the outer skeleton of crabs, lobsters, and shrimps
4 April 202316 June 2023 Researchers make biodegradable optical components from crab shells Diffraction gratings made from seafood waste could enable disposable spectrometers that don’t harm the environment