The abalone shell gets its beauty from light being split by Bragg diffraction. This is due to the layers of nacre that coat its shell and vary in thickness with each growth cycle, ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface, abalone cling to the seabed with a strong, foot-like appendage and dwell in radiant shells to stay safe from predators. But, as with clams and scallops, their meat ...

Inspired by the material that makes up oyster and abalone shells, engineers have created a new cement composite that is 17 times more crack-resistant than standard cement and 19 times more able to ...

Scallop, vassum and abalone shells are among the seashells for sale at The Shell Shop in Morro Bay on Monday, April 10, 2023. The Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce will honor the store as its 2022 ...

This new, more crack-resistant concrete was inspired by the material that makes up abalone and oyster shells, the researchers explain. According to the scientists’s research, ...