In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about ...

The mystery of the volcano-dwelling snail and its iron shell has been unravelled by scientists after its genome was decoded for the first time. The scaly-foot snail survives in what researchers have ...

The iron-plated shell of a deep water snail could inspire a new class of life-saving armor for soldiers, according to new research published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National ...

A snail's shell that protects it from attacks underwater could provide clues for designing improved body armor to guard human soldiers, a new study suggests. The research involved an unusual sea snail ...

This article was written by Discover'sSmriti Rao. The next generation of bulletproof vests and military armor could well be inspired by a deep-sea snail, say scientists. Scientists were first drawn to ...

The iron-encrusted shell of a snail that lives near deep-sea volcanic vents could inspire better armour for soldiers and vehicles, researchers say. The scaly-foot snail, discovered in 2003 near ...

An as-yet-unnamed species of snail living around hydrothermal vents deep beneath the Indian Ocean bears an unusual suit of armor forged from the dissolved minerals spewing into its seafloor habitat.

Even though snails are slow and slimy-bottomed, they've inspired a new type of robot that could be quite useful. Groups of these bots can operate independently or join together in order to perform ...

08:06, Fri, Jun 9, 2023 Updated: 09:48, Fri, Jun 9, 2023 It has always been a mystery why the scaly-foot snail can live in “impossible living conditions” but thanks to scientists at the Hong Kong ...