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Chemistry World June 2010 |
How to disappear completely Animals use all sorts of optical trickery to make themselves invisible to predators. Hayley Birch finds out how the natural world can help develop new camouflage materials |
Chemistry World August 12, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Squid skin material invisible to infrared cameras Using a protein from color-changing squids, US scientists have created a coating that reflects infrared and lets objects mimic the infrared signature of their surroundings. |
Chemistry World June 1, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Squid skin conductor for bioelectronics A protein from squid skin is a good conductor of protons, researchers in California have discovered. |
Chemistry World March 2, 2015 |
Learning from the masters By unpicking how cephalopods change their looks to match their environment, researchers are aiming to reverse-engineer a host of novel materials. |
Chemistry World May 12, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
'Super-yeast' tackles unnatural proteins Researchers in the US have engineered yeast cells to produce large amounts of proteins containing unnatural amino acids (UAAs) - a feat that has previously only been possible with bacteria. |
Chemistry World January 11, 2008 Victoria Gill |
Fish Scales Hold Dazzling Secret Scientists in Israel have discovered the surprising secrets of the specialized crystals in fish skin that allow them to shimmer. |
Outside April 2003 Bryant Urstadt |
All Legs On Deck! Did a crew of French sailors bump heads with a deep-sea legend? |
Chemistry World January 17, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Rainbow Hued Graphene Oxide Repels Water Scientists in China have used a laser to carve out a pattern of ridges and valleys on layered graphene oxide to mimic two of nature's tricks in one go - iridescence and superhydrophobicity. |
Chemistry World September 11, 2009 Tom Bond |
Just heat and heal A polymer system based on weak, reversible bonds that can heal itself when heated has been created by UK and US chemists. The new polymers could be further developed and used in the aerospace and other industries, say the researchers. |