An EHU study has found a way of using mussel shells, which usually end up on landfills, in the textile industry Indeed, the treatments used to achieve that worn look of denim, which is so ...

In Massachusetts, common blue mussels may not have the star power of Wellfleet oysters or the charisma of quahogs. But like all shellfish they play an important role in marine ecosystems. Mussels are ...

Discarded mussel shells may be diverted from landfills – to sandblast jeans The tons of discarded mussel shells generated by the seafood industry may be organic, but they're still very slow to ...

Researchers at the American Museum of Natural History have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity—or small-scale holes—in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has ...

Shelby Township — It took only minutes for one of the fatmucket mussels tucked into the Stony Creek streambed to nestle into its new home. The small creature cracked open its shell and extended a ...

Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has increased, potentially due to warming waters ...