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Peacock feathers create a hologram-like effect: Here’s how light produces their colours
The peacock is often admired for its striking blue-green feathers and elaborate display, but there is much more happening than meets the eye. Its famous tail does not simply owe its appearance to ...
When scientists infused peacock feathers with a fluorescent dye and hit them with pulsed laser light, something remarkable happened: they started to lase. Not randomly, but with clear and repeatable ...
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