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Researchers uncover the potential for super-sized abalone
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Designer abalone could be an option in the foreseeable future, thanks to a project conducted at UQ's Heron Island Research Station and the St Lucia campus.
Abalone are treasured -- nearly to extinction
May 13, 2009 |
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The authorities popped him near the docks in Port Angeles. On a March afternoon in 1994, a sleek fishing boat -- not-so-subtly named the Abalone Made -- came ashore after puttering around Freshwater Bay. The waiting cops ...
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Fed rules urged to protect black abalone
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Jan 14, 2008 |
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A U.S. federal agency has proposed listing black abalone -- a marine mollusk sought by fishermen -- as an endangered species.
Shell shock
Mar 12, 2008 |
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An MIT materials scientist's research on sea snails has helped transform battery technology and may end the era when cell phones die if they're dropped and PDAs must be replaced if they get dunked in the tub.
Patterns on tropical marine mollusc shell mirror gene expression patterns
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Nov 22, 2006 |
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Scientists have identified a group of genes that control the formation of shapes and colour patterns on the shell of the tropical marine mollusc referred to as ‘abalone’. A study published today in the open ...
Sea Otters' Diet is Clue to Slow Recovery
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Davis researchers trying to understand the sea otter's slow recovery in California have found an important clue: Some sea otters feed almost exclusively on animals that raise their risk of being infected ...
California commission approves sweeping restrictions on coastal fishing
Aug 07, 2009 |
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California regulators sharply restricted fishing off more than 20 percent of the state's coastline from the San Francisco peninsula to Mendocino County, turning back pleas to allow more abalone diving and delay the new measures ...
Rare blue whale found dead on New Zealand beach
May 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The carcass of a rare blue whale washed ashore in southern New Zealand after it apparently died of old age, a marine expert said Thursday.
UCR professor studies engineering and invention on the half-shell
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Apr 30, 2008 |
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Marine snails, sea urchins, and other animals from the sea are teaching researchers in UC Riverside’s Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering how to make the world a better place.
Nature’s frugal glues provide insight for optimized adhesives
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 11, 2007 |
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In trying to create a “glue” that would hold right up to the breaking point of the material being glued, scientists have found that such an ideal adhesive already exists—in bone, abalone shells, and spider ...
Mother-of-pearl -- Classic beauty and remarkable strength
Jul 02, 2007 |
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While the shiny material of pearls and abalone shells has long been prized for its iridescence and aesthetic value in jewelry and decorations, scientists admire mother-of-pearl for other physical properties ...
Mother of Pearl Secret Revealed
Nov 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In addition to its iridescent beauty, mother of pearl, or nacre, the inner lining of the shells of abalone, mussels and certain other mollusks, is also renowned for an amazing strength and ...
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