Engineers intrigued by the toughness of mollusc shells, which are composed of brittle minerals, have found inspiration in their structure to make glass 200 times stronger than a standard pane. Counter ...

When I was little, I fascinated by hermit crabs, tugging them out of their borrowed shells so I could see the soft bodies within. If I’d had access to Robert DuGrenier’s blown glass shells, I might ...

A new study has revealed how the glass-like shells of diatoms help these microscopic organisms perform photosynthesis in dim conditions. A better understanding of how these phytoplankton harvest and ...

Glass blower Robert DuGrenierhas been blowing glass for over 30 years, but for the last 15 he has been creating hand-blown glass terrarium sculptures to house living art compositions for about 50 ...

Glass may be hard, but it’s all too easy to break, as anyone who’s seen a shattered window knows. But now scientists have discovered that they can make glass 200 times tougher than normal by making it ...

Where does the future of energy lie? For Sofie Allert, it’s in the freezing depths of the Nordic oceans – where she harvests algae that can supercharge solar panels. Allert is CEO and co-founder of ...

A team of Canadian scientists has developed a type of primitive, super-durable smartphone glass that’s inspired by the insides of mollusc shells. In what may sound like an idea out of the Swiss Family ...

TOWNSHEND — Over 25 years ago, Robert DuGrenier happened upon a hermit crab wearing a broken Coca-Cola bottle as a shell. He was visiting the Bahamas, and the critter scuttled across his beach blanket ...

Over the course of your life, each of your teeth will make well over a million bites (or megabites, if you prefer.) The average force imparted by your molars in one of these bites is 720 Newtons (162 ...