A team of researchers with members from France, Germany and Israel has found that proteins that make up axial filaments are responsible for the means by which sea sponges develop glass skeletons. In ...

Scientists have uncovered some clues about the abilities of some marine creatures to form glass structures in cold water. The findings could lead to nature-inspired recipes for creating novel glass ...

Stain reactions and electron microscopy indicate that the characteristic crystallographic structure of the sponge spicules is not the result of the growth of calcite over an organic precursor. The ...

VEM is an Italian manufacturer of filament winding equipment that specializes in the design, construction and installation of filament winding plants for the manufacture of GRP/GRE pipes, tanks, ...

IN a previous communication 1 it was shown that the breaking extensions of nylon filaments were greatly increased when subjected to combined axial and transverse stresses, the latter being applied by ...