Image of the Day: Structural Colors
Image of the Day: Structural Colors
The films coating buckeye butterflies’ wing scales vary in thickness, creating a broad spectrum of iridescent colors.
The films coating buckeye butterflies’ wing scales vary in thickness, creating a broad spectrum of iridescent colors.
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Image of the Day: Living Color
The Scientist and The Scientist Staff | Mar 8, 2018 | 1 min read
Biodegradable pigments could be custom-grown by bacteria in the future, say researchers.
Avian-Inspired Color
Amanda B. Keener | May 26, 2015 | 2 min read
By taking cues from bird feathers, scientists engineer nanoparticle structures that produce striking colors.
Chameleon Skin Mimic
Jenny Rood | Mar 16, 2015 | 1 min read
Researchers create material that changes color when pushed or pulled.
How Chameleons Change Colors
Jyoti Madhusoodanan | Mar 10, 2015 | 3 min read
Tunable photonic crystals cause chameleons’ quick shifts in skin shades.
Groovy Color
Dan Cossins | Jul 1, 2013 | 3 min read
To control their color displays, squid fine-tune the optical properties of light-reflecting cells by rapidly expelling and imbibing water across a tightly pleated membrane
A Chill Issue
Mary Beth Aberlin | Feb 1, 2013 | 3 min read
The very cold, the merely chilled, and the colorful
Color from Structure
Cristina Luiggi | Feb 1, 2013 | 10+ min read
Researchers are working to understand how often-colorless biological nanostructures give rise to some of the most spectacular technicolor displays in nature.
Photonic Colored Creatures
Cristina Luiggi | Jan 31, 2013 | 1 min read
Animals and plants come in a dizzying array of colors. Current research is cracking into the remarkable structures behind nature's artistic display.