An astonishing variety of natural photonic structures exists: a species of Brittlestar uses photonic elements composed of calcite to collect light, ... Nature - Photonic structures in biology.

Nematodes—a group of tiny worms that include around 20,000 known species—actually form these cringe-worthy living structures in nature, even if they're less than one inch tall.

Soft tissue from vertebrate fossils has previously been documented, but only in exceptionally preserved specimens. Here, Bertazzo et al. describe structures consistent with collagen fibres and red ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known wooden structure, and it’s almost half a million years old. The simple structure — found along a riverbank in Zambia — is made up of two ...

Not all of nature's layered structures are tough as animal shells and antlers. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 10, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 01 / 200117110836.htm.

Engineers looking to nature for inspiration have long assumed that layered structures like those found in mollusk shells enhance a material's toughness, but a study shows that's not always the case.

Conductive nature in crystal structures revealed at magnification of 10 million times. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 5, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 01 / 210115155323.htm.

Discovering topological structures in water. Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS. Journal Nature ...

A team of researchers has discovered that tiny, ever-changing structures inside cutting-edge solar cell materials could be ...

Nematodes—a group of tiny worms that include around 20,000 known species—actually form these cringe-worthy living structures in nature, even if they're less than one inch tall.