The structure of the growth lines in the shell of the red abalone, Haliotis rufescens, has been characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis and by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The ...

The “sun” garden glitters by day and glows by night. Interspersed among phlox, catmint, purple Japanese irises, and red bee balm are sparkling blue and yellow glass flowers and solar-powered globes ...