Posted: Aug 15, 2008: Peacock feathers and butterfly wings inspire bio-templated nanotechnology materials (Nanowerk Spotlight) Photonic crystals – also known as photonic band gap material – are ...

At the heart of this innovation are polystyrene (PS) nanospheres, each just 400 nanometers wide—about 250 times thinner than ...

How peacock feathers and butterfly wings have inspired a new generation of earthquake sensors 'Whereas nature has developed these materials over millions of years we are slowly catching up in a ...

Male mandarins have colorful “sails” on each wing. Feathers: Displays of Brilliant Plumage by Robert Clark, published by Chronicle Books 2016 This tail feather comes from a male red bird of ...

Its head is capped with worn feathers, giving it a bouffant, hair-like effect, culminating in a forward-facing point like a quiff. If this isn’t distinctive enough, the ‘peacock’ part of its name ...