Mother-of-pearl's genesis identified in mineral's transformation

How nature makes its biominerals - things like teeth, bone and seashells - is a playbook scientists have long been trying to read.

Nevada home to 246M-year-old fossil of pregnant ichthyosaur

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Question on Aragon's Abalone dials

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Multi-objective Bayesian optimization for the design of nacre-inspired composites: optimizing and understanding biomimetics through AI - Materials Horizons (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D3MH00137G

Life on Earth likely started 4.1 billion years ago, much earlier than scientists thought

X-rays reveal the biting truth about parrotfish teeth: Interwoven crystal structure is key to coral-crunching ability

Plants are 'biting' back: Scientist discover 'teeth' on plants of the rock nettle family

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Ocean temperatures faithfully recorded in mother-of-pearl

Nevada home to 246M-year-old fossil of pregnant ichthyosaur