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.
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"Illusions show that animals, as well as humans, can misinterpret visual information," Jennifer Kelley, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Western Australia, told Live Science in an email.
Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling ...
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