Ling Li, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, has found insights into building stronger and tougher ceramics by studying the shells of bivalve mollusks. This perspective ...

Our friend Derek invited PaleoCris, Ashley, and myself out to a couple of cool sites he hunts for druzy quartz crystals and ...

(Nanowerk News) Single crystals of the mineral calcite -- the chief material in limestone -- are predictable, homogeneous and, well, a little boring. But scientists have long marveled at how ...

Climate changes from millions of years ago are recorded at daily rate in ancient sea shells, new research shows. A huge X-ray microscope has revealed growth bands in plankton shells that show how ...

University of Cambridge provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Climate change in the past can tell us much about what is happening today. New research shows how plankton shells dredged ...

In addition to adding strength, this design allows the structure to use its crack patterns to minimize damage into the inner shell. Ling Li, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at ...

Climate changes from millions of years ago are recorded at daily rate in ancient sea shells, new research shows. Climate changes from millions of years ago are recorded at daily rate in ancient sea ...