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, ...

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

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 ...

Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s, they've become a major part of everything from medical devices to high-speed internet and cable TV. But as it turns out, one group of marine ...

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

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 ...

Heart cockles have windows in their shells made from natural optical fibers, allowing light through to the algae inside them.

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

But as it turns out, one group of marine mollusks was way ahead of us. A new study reveals that clams called heart cockles -– so-named because of their heart-shaped shells -- have unique ...

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 ...

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