Perinereis cultrifera carries jaws that blur the boundary between biology and metal. Built from proteins and metal ions, the ...
An ancient sea worm may hold the secret to a whole new category of natural materials. Its jaws combine proteins and metal ...
Molecular biologists provide exciting insights into the bristles of the marine annelid worm Platynereis dumerilii. Specialized cells, so-called chaetoblasts, control the formation of the bristles.
Bristle worms are found almost everywhere in seawater, they have populated the oceans for hundreds of millions of years. Nevertheless, some of their special features have only now been deciphered: ...
Scientists have studied the jaws of the ocean-dwelling bristle worm and found that it is partially made of iron, and as strong as a piece of metal. Although human jaws can take a beating—ask Adonis ...
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Scientists just named 1,121 new ocean species, from a ghost shark to a worm in a glass castle
A global research program has formally described 1,121 new marine species, adding a ghost shark, a bristle worm living inside a glass-like tube, and hundreds of other organisms to the scientific ...
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