Borrowing from brightly-colored birds: Physicists develop lasers inspired by nature
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 15:31
in Biology & Nature
Researchers are studying how two types of nanoscale structures on the feathers of birds produce brilliant and distinctive colors. The researchers are hoping that by borrowing these nanoscale tricks from nature they will be able to produce new types of lasers--ones that can assemble themselves by natural processes.