Birds’ dazzling iridescence tied to nanoscale tweak of feather structure — ScienceDaily

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 lies in a key feature of the feather’s…

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