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Color-changing coatings ready for the big time

1 min read · Sat, Nov 19 2016

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The dazzling colors of peacock feathers arise from the physical interaction of light with biological nanostructures. Researchers have discovered how to exploit this natural trickery known as structural coloration into a large-scale printing technology that produces lightweight and ultraresistant coatings in any color desirable.

A firefly's flash inspires new nanolaser light

1 min read · Sat, Jul 15 2017

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Synchronized emissions from innovative on-chip lasers create possibilities for inexpensive artificial neural networks.

The darkest black

1 min read · Tue, Apr 30 2019

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Metallic nanostructures absorb light better than any other known structures.