If you know what diatoms are, it's probably because of their beauty. These single-celled algae found on the ocean floor have ...

Anybody who has ever enjoyed fresh crab legs or lobster tails can attest to how difficult it is to get through their tough shells. But instead of just throwing them away, researchers are “upcycling” ...

Shells sometimes hold technological feats that we believed were limited to human laboratories. By studying the shells of a particular mollusk, researchers have discovered a unique capability to ...