“Reefs are not just piles of skeletons or shells,” said Juan Esquivel-Muelbert, the study’s lead author from Macquarie ...

Utrecht University researchers Rodolfo Subert and Marjolein Dijkstra show in their latest study that complex three-dimensional networks in materials can emerge from nothing more than particle shape.

“If we can capture the right combinations of shape and complexity, we can design restoration structures that function like healthy reefs within a few years,” Madin said. “This is about integrating ...