Birds' dazzling iridescence tied to nanoscale tweak of feather structure - High Meadows Environmental Institute

The iridescent shimmer that makes birds such as peacocks and hummingbirds so striking is rooted in a natural nanostructure so complex that people are only just beginning to replicate it technologically. The secret to how birds produce these brilliant colors…

Birds' dazzling iridescence tied to nanoscale tweak of feather structure

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