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A giant oyster of the genus Tridacna gigas, in the Maldives. Photography: Malcolm Browne.

Biofuel inspired by the blue oyster

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The bright blue eyes of the scallop peer through the shell. Source: Ceri Jones, Haven Diving Services.

What does the oyster see?

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The robotic arm of the underwater vehicle plucks the oysters from the seabed. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen.

Get to know the oysters that will help clean up oil spills

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An example of biomimicry: researchers imitated the array of cracks they uncovered in the pearl shell to create glass 200 times stronger than normal glass. Photo: Didier Descouens / Wikimedia.

Smart materials inspired by nature

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Among the developments made in the Biotechnology and Food Engineering Laboratory at the Technion are stickers for mouth ulcers, which were developed inspired by the adhesive ability of geckos. Photo: Brocken Inaglory, Wikimedia.

Imitation of principles from nature in the development of synthetic materials

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The structure of the oyster from the book "Studies on the reproduction and artificial propagation of fresh-water mussels" from 1912

Mussels (oysters) to save embryos

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Scanning electron micrograph of nano bricks of the material nacre Credit: F. Heinemann; Wikimedia Creative Commons License.

Creating weak points to strengthen materials

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Jean Contessant - Seashells. Presented at the Nano Israel conference, March 2012

Infect the problem in the blood vessels

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oysters Courtesy of Sharon Mollerus, from Wikipedia

Clamshell glue in the medical service

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Pacific oyster. From Wikipedia

Growing oysters as a solution to the food crisis

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Destroy oyster shells

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Evolution after all! / Dr. Assaf Rosenthal

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