Study reveals sea urchin spines' gradient architecture converts mechanical motion to electrical signals, informing designs ...

Nature does it again! The natural world has a knack for giving us the blueprints for some useful technologies, and the humble sea urchin is the latest contributor. Scientists have designed a new class ...

A study by the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences and the University of Bonn has shown that pH value is crucial for sperm motility in sea urchins and salmon. An increase in pH ...

When water droplets or flows pass over the spine, its gradient cellular structure instantaneously generates measurable voltage signals—a response over a thousand times faster than the organism's ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — New research from Oregon State University (OSU) offers some insight into the factors behind the growing population of sea urchins along the Oregon coast, as well as a note of caution ...

South of Tampa Bay, in Florida, wedged between a quiet neighborhood and a mangrove forest, custom-designed aquariums are home to thousands of sea-urchin larvae that tumble and drift through the water.

Researchers led by Chen et al. have discovered that the spines of the sea urchin Diadema setosum generate measurable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several sea urchins with one cracked open showing the orange tongues inside - Noppawat Tom Charoensinphon/Getty Images Sea urchin ...

In one signature dish, raw North Atlantic shrimp are washed up on a “beachscape” of grasses, frozen pebbles and dried-urchin “sand” that showcases the Norwegian green’s murky orange innards. Sloan ...