Tiny, solid windows in the shells of heart cockles let in light for the photosynthetic algae inside them – and they could ...
This unique architecture is rooted in the special properties of aragonite, a crystalline form of calcium carbonate (SN:1/21/03). These aragonite crystals are arranged in micron-sized tubes that ...
A research team led by Prof. Li Mingsong at Peking University has provided new insights into the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal ...
Different minerals, like aragonite (CaCO3) and calcite (CaCO3), can have the same chemical makeup, but their physical properties, and therefore their crystal structure, differ because of how they each ...