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Subject:	Re: These Seashells Not Sold At The Seashore
From:	Ed Foster <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:38:49 -0400
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At 09:56 PM 7/28/98 +1000, you wrote:
>Thought you might be interested in this news release
>from ScienceDaily (http://www.sciencedaily.com):
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>
>Sandia,UNM Mimic Structure Of Seashells To Create Strong, Tough Coatings
>
>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Humanity has valued seashells for their beauty as
>rnaments and utility as tools for thousands of years. But even alchemists
>ever tried transmuting base materials into the very fine interlayering
>ecessary to create a shell's strength, hardness, and toughness.
 
Nice article.  While I was locating it I noticed another one: "Marine Snail
Toxin Targeted At African Toad Eggs Reveals Novel Impact On The Regulation
Of Serotonin"  Its at:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/story.asp?filename=980727080701

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