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Butterfly Beauty Perfected by Defects

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JAMES SCHLETT, EDITOR, [email protected]

Having trouble accepting your physical flaws, whether they are cellulite or blemishes? Try being like a butterfly and let your “defects” help you shine. New findings published in Science Advances on the microscopic structures on the wings of the Kaiser-i-Hind butterfly (Teinopalpus imperialis) are providing insights into how these insects appear so colorful. Using a powerful x-ray microscope at the Advanced Photon Source of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), researchers studied the light-scattering photonic crystals found in the scales of a wing. The Kaiser-i-Hind...Read full article

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    Published: August 2016
    BiophotonicsMicroscopyx-ray microscopeKaiser-i-Hind butterflyU.S. Department of EnergyArgonne National LaboratoryUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoYale Universityphotonic crystalAndrej SingerPostscripts

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