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This shrimp packs a punch
Researchers learn a lot from mantis shrimp, colorful marine creatures that possess deadly weapons and complex vision
Posted in Animals
Tagged Adaptation, Amherst, animal behavior, animal communication, animal physiology, arthropod, Baltimore County, Berkeley, biomaterials, biomimicry, cavitation, crab, crustacean, David Kisailus, exoskeleton, feature, Haptosquilla trispinosa, high-speed video, hydroxyapatite, invertebrates, lobster, mantis shrimp, marine science, materials science, oceanography, photoreceptors, praying mantis, receptors, Riverside, Roy Caldwell, Santa Catalina Island, Sheila Patek, sound, stomatopod, Tom Cronin, topstories, University of California, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, vision
Sea changes
Carbon dioxide is making the oceans more acidic
Posted in Earth
Tagged acid, acids and bases, calcium carbonate, carbon dioxide, chem of life, climate change, coral reefs, ecology, Fossil fuels, invertebrates, Marine snail, Ocean, Ocean acidification, pH, sea changes, solutions, water
Worm glue
A glue similar to the one made by sandcastle worms may one day paste together bones in the human body
Posted in Chemistry
Tagged invertebrates, Marine worm
Acid Snails
Changing chemistry in the world’s oceans could affect the ability of a snail to defend itself.
Posted in Environment & Pollution
Tagged acid, acids and bases, invertebrates, Marine snail, Ocean, Ocean acidification, pH, sea changes, solutions, water
Mother-of-Pearl on Ice
Scientists have found a way to copy the mother-of-pearl structures that oysters make.
Posted in Chemistry
Tagged ceramic and glass, invertebrates, mollusks, Oystersceramic, pearl
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