A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses.

The images are taken from Interesting Shells, a new book by Andreia Salvador, senior curator of Marine Mollusca at the museum. Containing more than 8 million specimens, the museum’s shell ...

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Patterns On Tropical Marine Mollusk Shell Mirror Gene Expression Patterns Date: November 28, 2006 Source: BioMed Central Summary: Scientists have identified a group of genes that control the ...

You are invited to learn more about shells in this fabulous new book, Fascinating Shells: An Introduction to 121 of the World’s Most Wonderful Mollusks, by Andreia Salvador (University of ...

The mollusk shells gradually leach calcium used to form eggshells. Penguins typically nest on hard surfaces near coastlines and, if soil conditions are right, they might build burrows.

Shells from Rameshwaram are also exported overseas or to larger Indian cities such as Vizag and Mumbai. GLOBAL SCALE OF THE SHELL TRADE At least 50,000 mollusk species inhabit the Earth.

What a mollusc shell and fiber optic cables have in common By Ari Daniel Published November 23, 2024 at 4:56 AM PST Listen • 3:52 ...