Although homeowners often choose a paver pattern for an outdoor patio based on aesthetic reasons alone, the pattern you choose can also affect the durability and strength of brick patio pavers as well ...

Brachiopods and mollusks are 2 shell-bearing phyla that diverged from a common shell-less ancestor more than 540 million years ago. Brachiopods and bivalve mollusks have also convergently evolved a ...

Contemporary landscapes rarely succeed by accident. Clean lines, controlled contrast, and intentional materials shape outdoor ...

A mathematical model explains how geometry and mechanical forces combine to generate the interlocking shells of oysters and other bivalves, according to a study. The 2 sides of oyster shells and those ...

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have unlocked the molecular give and take that allows cells in thin structures such as leaves to develop in a jigsaw-like pattern, providing the ...