Researchers have designed a flexible material that could pave the way for the development of adaptable space structures.

The ‘mega coral’ is three times bigger than the previous record holder and offers hope for coral reefs struggling in warmer ...

In the reef-building "hard corals", the polyps sit in a carbonate coral skeleton, which over time builds the fabric of the reef. Coral reefs are like cities under the sea. The structure of the ...

Coral reefs consist of hundreds of thousands of coral polyps - marine animal invertebrates ... and exposes their white ...

Coral polyps, the reef's building blocks ... With over 400 species in the region, "they structure the entire environment; they're the habitat for everything else here." The perfect temperature ...

Their distinctive brain-like appearance comes from the way the polyps intertwine, forming a communal structure that can ...

Within the structure of the coral reefs, members of almost every phyla of plants and animals live and die, adding particles and organic material to the sediment, and contributing to the efficient ...

Coral reefs have soft tissue called polyp on their skeletal frames, which is made of calcium carbonate, and the bone structure and polyp layers grow over time. Ueda stabilized a coral fragment ...

consists of a network of coral polyps. It is an independent structure that has grown continuously for hundreds of years. Unlike a reef, a network of many coral colonies, this gigantic coral is a ...

“The gigantic organism is a complex network of coral polyps — tiny individual creatures ... is a network of many coral colonies — this structure is a standalone coral that has grown ...

The standalone structure had been growing for some 300 years, the researchers said, formed from a "complex network" of tiny coral polyps. It was distinct from a coral reef, which is made from ...