There's now potentially one more use for discarded shrimp shells. Already, scientists have used chitosan – a natural antibacterial polymer found in crustacean shells – as an ingredient in self-healing ...

Weaving chitosan, found in the shells of crabs and shrimp, with an industrial polyester creates a promising new material for biomedical applications, including the tiny tubes that support repair of a ...

A material known as chitosan, made from crustacean shells, has been used to substitute petroleum by-products in food packaging. The environment is seriously affected by the use of food packaing: ...