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Understanding How Animals Create Dazzling Colors Could Lead to Brilliant New Nanotechnologies
Seven clever tactics animals use to create dazzling hues may lead to sophisticated new technologies
Stories by Philip Ball
Philip Ball is a science writer and author based in London. His latest book is How Life Works (University of Chicago Press, 2023).
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The SciencesOctober 1, 2011
10 Unsolved Mysteries in Chemistry
Many of the most profound scientific questions—and some of humanity's most urgent problems—pertain to the science of atoms and molecules