News tagged with marine shells
Sea smarts: Scientists studying mollusks discover there is more than one way to make a brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Seemingly simple animals such as the snail and squid have ransacked the genetic toolkit over the last half billion years to find different ways to build complex brains, nervous systems and shells, according ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Shells slim down with CO2
Marine algae that turn carbon dissolved in seawater into shell will produce thinner and thinner shells as carbon dioxide levels increase.
Aug 09, 2011 |
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Secrets of the sandcastle worm could yield a powerful medical adhesive (w/ Video)
Scientists have copied the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm in an effort to develop a long-sought medical adhesive needed to repair bones shattered in battlefield injuries, ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Changing Chesapeake Bay acidity impacting oyster shell growth
Acidity is increasing in some regions of the Chesapeake Bay even faster than is occurring in the open ocean, where it is now recognized that increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolve in the seawater ...
Jun 10, 2010 |
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'The world's oldest manufactured beads' are older than previously thought
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of archaeologists has uncovered some of the world’s earliest shell ornaments in a limestone cave in Eastern Morocco. The researchers have found 47 examples of Nassarius marine shells, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 05, 2009 |
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On Darwin and gender
In 1864, German naturalist Ernst Haeckel wrote to naturalist Charles Darwin, promising to send some marine shells that displayed “a detailed representation of the Rhizopod organism.” But for the ...
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Academy's mollusk collection plays key role in Gulf oil impact study
Unknown to most non-scientists, the nation's oldest mollusk collection resides four floors above one of Philadelphia's busiest tourist areas and is now being pressed into action to determine the impact of the nation's worst ...
Aug 04, 2010 |
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