Recently, Prof. YU Shuhong's team from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. LU Yang from the Hefei University of ...
How do living organisms produce minerals -- for example, for their shells? Researchers have come a step closer to answering this question. In a joint study, they have deciphered the formation ...
Many organisms can produce minerals or mineralized tissue. A well-known example is nacre, which is used in jewellery because of its iridescent colours. Chemically speaking, its formation begins with a ...