Perinereis cultrifera carries jaws that blur the boundary between biology and metal. Built from proteins and metal ions, the ...

An ancient sea worm may hold the secret to a whole new category of natural materials. Its jaws combine proteins and metal ...

Although human jaws can take a beating—ask Adonis Creed—they have nothing on those belonging to ocean-dwelling bristle worms. The worms have “remarkably stable” jaws according to scientists, which ...

A sea worm’s metal-like jaws may represent an entirely new class of natural material. In the classic guessing game “20 ...

Scientists have identified the bristle worm *Perinereis cultrifera*, whose jaws are made of a unique bio-metal, blending ...

A new interdisciplinary study led by molecular biologist Florian Raible from the Max Perutz Labs at the University of Vienna provides exciting insights into the bristles of the marine annelid worm ...

Researchers have described an exceptionally well-preserved new fossil species of bristle worm called Kootenayscolex barbarensis. Discovered from the 508-million-year-old Marble Canyon fossil site in ...

In a recent publication in Nature Communications, a joint research team of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Cologne, and the University of Oldenburg has presented their ...

Bristle worms are found almost everywhere in seawater, they have populated the oceans for hundreds of millions of years. Nevertheless, some of their special features have only now been deciphered: ...