DESCRIPTION: White abalone are ocean-dwelling mollusks with a thin, oval shell that is red or brown on the outside and a variety of iridescent colors, particularly white and pink, inside. They grow to ...

the abalone. Following blueprints drawn from analysis of the microarchitecture of the shell, Sarikaya and colleague Ilhan Aksay have manufactured a prototype material that mimics the shell's laminar, ...

Highly valued for its edible muscular foot and mother-of-pearl shell, the pinto abalone has declined significantly in recent decades and faces extinction unless it'ss protected — and soon — under the ...