Jan. 19 (UPI) --Limpets can make their damaged shells good as new using biological materials derived from within. When David Taylor, a professor of materials engineering at Trinity College Dublin, ...

The blue-rayed limpet is a tiny mollusk that lives in kelp beds along the coasts of Norway, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Portugal, and the Canary Islands. These diminutive organisms -- as small as a ...

An archaeological dig in a field near Mont Cochon, Jersey, has provided insight into life in the island more than 2,000 years ago. Dr Hervé Duval-Gatignol, Société Jersiaise’s archaeologist, led the ...

BOSTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) --Scientists at MIT and Harvard were recently able to detail the photonic structures embedded in the blue-rayed limpet's shell that give the species its signature shiny streaks.

Limpet shells could provide the inspiration for a new generation of optical biomaterials. Bright blue lines within the structure of the mollusk shells are created through the interaction of a pair of ...

The blue-rayed limpet is a tiny mollusk that lives in kelp beds along the coasts of Norway, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Portugal, and the Canary Islands. These diminutive organisms -- as small as a ...

Step aside, spider silk: the strongest material in the world can be found inside the mouths of rock-dwelling marine gastropods. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

Taking a trick from birds and butterflies, a mollusk shines blue using intricate structures that allow selective reflection of light. But unlike other animals, the blue-rayed limpet, a snail that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louise Firth/University of Plymouth, Author provided The humble limpet generally doesn’t attract much attention. Most of us ...