Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment, in a bacterium for the first time. Xanthommatin ...
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‘Masters of disguise’: US team recreates octopus pigments to boost camouflage tech
US scientists have bioengineered the octopus pigment xanthommatin in bacteria, producing 1,000 times more material than traditional methods.
Starting work on Planet Earth III is a daunting prospect. You ask yourself, are there really new places to travel to? Can we find new dramas to tell? Could we even film a species for the first time?
"Many animals use visual strategies such as size exaggeration or camouflage because perception is not about reproducing reality faithfully, but about survival," Maria Santacà, a researcher into animal ...
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World’s most affordable military laser can shoot down 200 drones in single blast
Australian defense company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has recently unveiled the world’s most affordable high-energy laser ...
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