Jewelers may prize abalone shells for their mother-of-pearl, but scientists have long been equally enchanted by the shell’s strength. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have used a ...

BOSTON (CBS) - A materials chemist who is discovering the wonders of abalone shells wins Lemelson MIT prize. Dr. Angela Belcher says she's merging organic and inorganic materials in new ways. "If an ...

Robert Louis Stevenson visited the Monterey Peninsula in 1879, and his tour of China Point captured its exotic flavor: “You will come upon a space of open down, a hamlet, a haven among rocks, a world ...

In the summer of 1983, I taught a field methods in underwater archaeology course for the USC History Department, with the classes and diving all at USC’s field station at Big Fisherman Cove on ...