"The heart cockles' fiber optic cables and microlenses may inspire optical technologies," the researchers wrote in the paper. Like many mollusks, these heart cockles—which resemble clams—have ...

Scientists are probing how a person's genes direct the shape of their heart, and how that might influence risk for heart ...

Unlike clams, the heart cockle doesn't need to open wide to bask in the sun. It has a clever trick up its shell: tiny, ...

A new, multinational study has revealed that the shape of the human heart, influenced by genetic factors, could serve as a ...

Scientists are probing how a person's genes direct the shape of their heart, and how that might influence risk for heart trouble The team delineated 11 different shape types for the heart's ...

British scientists say they're now discovering that the gene-directed shape of a person's heart might matter, too. “This study provides new information on how we think about heart disease risk ...