Researchers have discovered a mechanism by which helical biomineral structures can be synthesized to spiral clockwise or counterclockwise using only either the left-handed or right-handed version of a ...

Chirality is ubiquitous in biology, including in biomineralization, where it is found in many hardened structures of invertebrate marine and terrestrial organisms (for example, spiralling gastropod ...

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In an article published online in Science Advances, Professor McKee and his team constructed chiral (see "What is chirality?" below) helicoidal structures of the biomineral calcium carbonate (a ...