An extensive Nordic research project has looked at microplastics in marine bivalves from 100 sites spread throughout much of the Nordic waters. The study showed that microplastics were found in four ...

Underwater adhesion in mussels (Bivalvia) is an extreme adaptation to achieve robust and firm wet adhesion in the freshwater/brackish/ocean, which biochemically shaped through millions of years. The ...

For centuries, humans pursued the "fountain of youth" in the quest for longer lives. More recently, curiosity has been reignited among the scientific community thanks to genome sequencing technologies ...