Someday, optical communications and high-speed computing might owe their success to a little ocean creature: the sea urchin. Materials scientists have fabricated a photonic crystal using a piece of ...
Several sea urchins with one cracked open showing the orange tongues inside - Noppawat Tom Charoensinphon/Getty Images Sea urchin has been a staple of Japanese cuisine for hundreds of years, often ...
Nov. 30 (UPI) --Inspired by the unique structure of sea urchin spines, scientists at the University of Konstanz have developed a new way to make cement more resistant to fracturing. The shells of sea ...