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In what may sound like an idea out of the Swiss Family Robinson a team of scientists at McGill University in Canada has developed a new type of “unbreakable” glass that mimics the material inside of ...

Mollusks, from land snails and slugs to oysters and mussels in the sea, have a few things in common. They have a head. They have a soft middle part that holds their organs. Then, some have a muscle ...

In a bid to reduce the carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions produced by the construction industry, researchers at the University of Córdoba have developed a paving block derived from mollusk shells.

It is virtually impossible for a prospective Magellanic penguin mother to find or build a soft spot to lay her eggs. So it turns out that her eggs come with extra-thick shells to withstand being laid ...

Durable paving blocks created from recycled shells and mining by-products present a lower-carbon solution for construction, supporting circular economy goals.