But heart cockles do not open—instead, as the researchers in this new effort have found, they allow sunlight to pass through their shells courtesy of tiny windows.

Unlike clams, the heart cockle doesn't need to open wide to bask in the sun. It has a clever trick up its shell: tiny, ...

Tiny, solid windows in the shells of heart cockles let in light for the photosynthetic algae inside them – and they could show us how to make better fibre-optic cables ...

"The heart cockles' fiber optic cables and microlenses may inspire optical technologies," the researchers wrote in the paper. Like many mollusks, these heart cockles—which resemble clams—have ...

Clams called Heart cockles, found in the warm, equatorial waters of the Indo-Pacific, have a mutually beneficial relationship ...

Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s, they’ve become a major part of everything from medical devices to ...

When it comes to technologies used only by humans, you might think that fiber optics would rank right up there. Such is ...

Mineral crystals in heart cockles’ shells protect symbiotic algae from ultraviolet rays and could lead to innovations in internet infrastructure.

On this week's Keepin It Real, Cam Marston wants you to know he's NOT A CYNIC..., but there are things this time of year that ...

But heart cockles do not open—instead, as the researchers in this new effort have found, they allow sunlight to pass through their shells courtesy of tiny windows. Photographs of heart cockles ...