Sunday, September 12, 2021

The mystery of the flexible shell

An international research team with participation of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has revealed a secret about a marine animal's shell: The researchers have deciphered why the protective cover of the brachiopod Discinisca tenuis becomes extremely soft in water and gets hard again in the air. The study appears today in the journal Nature Communications.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3hm4DTp

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