Sentences with phrase «on abalone shells»

Not exact matches

She wrote her doctoral thesis on how abalone grow their rough outer shells and pearl - like inner shells, the main difference between the two being a simple shift in protein sequences.

Benyus says the strategy has already yielded a wide range of new products that may replicate nature's successes: ceramics with the strength and toughness of abalone shells, self - assembling computer chips that form by processes similar to the way that tooth enamel grows, adhesives that mimic the glue that mussels use to anchor themselves in place, and self - cleaning plastics based on the structure of a lotus leaf.

Nacre, or Mother of pearl is the iridescent lining you see on the inside of an oyster, mussel, or abalone shell.

Dozens of white iridescent baby abalone shells are linked together on a matte silver metal frame to make this stunning signature piece.

I have always loved the luminous blue - green colors of the ocean in the mother - of - pearl that can be found on the inside surface of abalone shells.