Though now extinct, ammonoids (a group of marine mollusks with shells) evolved for 350 million years, always with a tendency toward increasingly elaborate shell structures. Scientists have studied ...

Courtesy of Tonkin Liu. Similar to the ways seashells gain their strength from optimized curvilinear geometry, Shell Lace Structure takes advantage of these forms to provide added stiffness as a ...

In the annals of design, seashells have a great pedigree. They inspired ancient architects to add those graceful spiral flourishes to the tops of their Grecian columns. The nautilus shell influence… ...