12 Sponge Cakes That Are Light, Airy, and Absolutely Irresistible From Fraisier to Black Forest, these recipes showcase the delicate and delicious sponge cake.

Spicules, or “liquid microneedles,”are the latest Korean skin trend. Experts explain the benefits—plus the best spicules skin care to shop.

Popular in K-beauty as a form of “liquid microneedling,” spicules skin care is enriched with collagen, exosomes, and more to improve the look and feel of skin.

Enigmatically, however, no unambiguous sponge fossils have been found before the Cambrian Period (about 539 million years ago). Therefore, a 160-million-year gap exists in the sponge fossil record, a ...

He continued: “The sponge was originally composed of a rectangular meshwork of tiny spicules made of silica, held together by a thin organic membrane. When they die, they usually fall apart quickly, ...

An "extraordinary" species of fossil sponge dating back 315 million years has been discovered at the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare.

A 315-million-year-old fossil sponge has been found near the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare. The find, which is an example of a previously unknown species of sponge, has remained in the rocks that ...

SPECIMENS of this sponge collected at Calf Sound, Isle of Man, were investigated for spicules, and for their arrangement in the body of the sponge. Six types of spicules were found, ranging from ...

Digestion of sponge silica The dissolution kinetics of the skeletal BSi of a variety of sponge species were compared using a 1% solution of sodium carbonate as standard dissolution medium (DeMaster, ...

According to the new research, a sponge is a better incubator for diverse bacterial communities than a laboratory petri dish.

Marine sponges exhibit outstanding mechanical strength in the deep sea, which is attributed to the unique structure composed of fibrous siliceous spicules and a collagen surface network. Herein, with ...

The mesh-like fossil would push back the oldest known animal on Earth by more than 300 million years. But like many claims of very old life, the study is kicking up lively debate.