Mother-of-pearl's genesis identified in mineral's transformation

How nature makes its biominerals - things like teeth, bone and seashells - is a playbook scientists have long been trying to read.

New nondestructive optical technique reveals the structure of mother-of-pearl

Making biominerals: Nature's recipe is old, evolved more than once

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Plants are 'biting' back: Scientist discover 'teeth' on plants of the rock nettle family

Nevada home to 246M-year-old fossil of pregnant ichthyosaur

Life on Earth likely started 4.1 billion years ago, much earlier than scientists thought

Multi-objective Bayesian optimization for the design of nacre-inspired composites: optimizing and understanding biomimetics through AI - Materials Horizons (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D3MH00137G

Question on Aragon's Abalone dials

New study quantifies deep reaction behind 'superdeep' diamonds

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Study shows how calcium carbonate forms composites to make strong materials such as in shells and pearls

Previously unknown crystalline phase of semi-aqueous calcium carbonate discovered