These intricately structured silicon dioxide shells of single-celled microalgae ... Knowing the resonance frequencies of these microscopic structures is crucial for exploiting their design ...
The scans revealed many microscopic food remains including foraminifera (small amoeboid protists with external shells), small shells of marine invertebrates and possible remains of polychaete worms.
examining records from preserved microscopic shells. They found far fewer organisms lived in the zone during these periods, because bacteria degraded food more quickly, meaning less of it reached ...
Hermit crabs are omnivorous scavengers, eating microscopic mussels and clams ... uniformly hard exoskeleton and can’t grow their own shells. Instead, hermit crabs have a hard exoskeleton ...