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Physicists see the light in Nature

10 Jul 1998

Many scientists believe that experimentation is the only way to discover new science. One great "experimenter" that has designed and developed many optical ideas over millions of years is evolution. A conference at Bath University in the UK this week highlighted how scientists have applied many of nature's techniques to industry.

The brilliant colours in a butterfly’s wings, for example, are not produced by pigments al

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