“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 ...

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.

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