News tagged with iridescence
Iridescence and superhydrophobicity combined on one surface
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have combined two properties on a single piece of graphene oxide that don’t usually go together: iridescence (resulting in a rainbow-hued appearance) and superhydrophobicity ...
Jan 21, 2012 |
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Mother of pearl tells a tale of ocean temperature, depth
Nacre -- or mother of pearl, scientists and artisans know, is one of nature's amazing utilitarian materials.
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Researchers make better heat sensor based on butterfly wings
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long known that butterfly wings produce their iridescent colors by bouncing light around and between tiny ridges in structures made of chitin. More recently they’ve discovered ...
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Iridescence invisible to human eye enables bees to view flowers in different colours
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bees see some flowers in multicolour because of previously unknown iridescence of the petals, usually invisible to the human eye, researchers from the University of Cambridge report this week ...
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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Bees attracted by floral iridescence
(PhysOrg.com) -- Plants and their pollinators are the focus of ground-breaking research by Dr Heather Whitney, recently appointed Lloyds Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences. Her latest work, carried ...
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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Sparkly Spiders and Photonic Fish
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Israel and the UK have uncovered the details of how certain fish and spiders create their iridescent scales and silvery skins.
Dec 09, 2009 |
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