"If an abalone can make a shell, why don't we find a similar kind of protein structure that can make a magnetic material, or another kind of material?" she says.

Abalone are desired for their quality meat and mesmerizing shells, but populations are dwindling due to human demand. Learn more about the sea snails.

What is an abalone? Abalone is an umbrella term for a group of marine snails, only they don’t look like your typical snail because they have a flattened spiral shell. Their other common name is ...

Meyers believes that designs inspired by the structure of the abalone shell could help improve advanced ceramic materials in the future. Lightweight structures: shells and foams ...

Finding the Abalone Shell Fragment in Red Dead Redemption 2 is rather simple, as all you have to do is go to Rhodes and enter a specific abandoned house north of the main street.

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 ...

The underside of an abalone’s scraggly shell holds swirling iridescent patterns that change color with the light.

A quarter-pound abalone (shell and meat) is about 3 inches across the widest part of the shell. He feeds the abalone wild kelp that he harvests and trucks up from Monterey Bay.

Sprinkle the abalone meat with the salt and let stand for 5 minutes. Using a large spoon and starting at the shallow end of the abalone, gently pry the meat from the shell. Clean the abalone ...

In abalone shells, microscopic tiles of calcium carbonate stack on top of each other in a highly ordered arrangement to create a superstrong material.

Tiny as a fingernail and critically endangered in their native habitat in the Salish Sea, pinto abalone are being raised in tanks in the Seattle Aquarium to plant in Puget Sound once they size up.