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Acid attack: Can mussels hang on for much longer?

Scientists have found evidence that ocean acidification caused by carbon emissions can prevent mussels attaching themselves to rocks and other substrates, making them easy targets for predators and threatening the mussel farming industry. Ref. Source 6b.

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Learning from the mussel, scientists create a biologically active titanium surface

Based on insights from mussels -- which are able to attach themselves very tightly to even metallic surfaces due to special proteins found in their byssal threads -- scientists have successfully attached a biologically active molecule to a titanium surface, paving the way for implants that can be more biologically beneficial. Ref. Source 4x.