WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's a simple zigzag design scratched onto the surface of a freshwater mussel shell on the Indonesian island of Java about half a million years ago. But scientists are calling ...

Although nature does not necessarily provide the optimal form, it still outperforms many artificial systems and offers valuable insights for designing functional machines based on elegant principles,” ...

AI can design extremely dense protein shells that could one day lead to more potent vaccines. The genetic material of viruses is housed in protein shells. Similar shells made in the lab are used in ...