He and colleagues in the United States are studying the rings in seashells he has found.

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Janine Benyus of the Biomimicry Institute describes how seashells form layers of mineral and polymer from seawater.

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In "Lady N, " from 2009, a long-stemmed silver oil lamp has punctured pink seashells and silver candle-snuffers blooming from its tip.

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He found seashells far from any sea and a pair of enormous thighbones the locals believed had belonged to a giant.

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It we all do our bit then one day your kids will also run freely along the seashore, collecting only seashells.

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Stroll down the alleyways to Fantazam ( fantazam.com) an art gallery that displays surreal jewelry and sculptures made out of found natural materials like seashells, bones and wood.

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The earliest trumpets, used as signaling or ceremonial instruments in many ancient cultures, were very natural: they were made of such things as ram's horns, ox horns, seashells, and elephant tusks.

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Seashells, reeds and sticks were mixed into the oil.

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Most recently, the company has announced the "world's first application of self assembly used to create a vacuum around nanowires for next-generation microprocessors, " which just so happens to mimic the natural pattern-creating process that forms seashells, snowflakes, and enamel on teeth.

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