Shell-shaped decorative objects were very popular during the 19th century. There were trinket boxes covered in tiny shells, counter bells made with several mother-of-pearl shells put together into a ...

Ammonites are a group of extinct cephalopod mollusks with ribbed spiral shells. They are exceptionally diverse and well known to fossil lovers. Researchers have developed the first biomechanical model ...

Scientists have been looking to nature for inspiration for materials with useful properties. Insect exoskeletons and shark skin are examples of materials that exhibit strength, durability, and less ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- For nearly two decades, the item had served as a doorstop at the home of a New Jersey resident. When he decided to move, the resident approached a New Jersey museum to ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. If 2024 was the summer that shell jewelry started to make its comeback, ...

You can see it in the logarithmic whorl of a nautilus. The milky iridescence of an abalone. The spiked turret of a queen conch. Precision, elegance, strength. The seashell is a consonance of form and ...

IT is known that the form of the shell of Portuguese oysters (O. angulata) living on the shore is different from that of individuals living permanently below tide-marks 1. In the latter the shell is ...

In a pioneering move, new research from Abdullah Gül University (Türkiye) reimagines the structure of organic photovoltaic cells, opting for a hemispherical shell shape to unlock unprecedented ...

Maybe collecting shells is a favorite pastime of yours, but you don't know which is a moon snail and which is a mud snail. Or, you're walking along the beach, and something shiny catches your eye, but ...