formuchdeliberationWikipedia picture of the Day, Bluespotted ribbontail ray...
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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺A new blue: Mysterious origin of the #RibbontailRay's electric blue spots revealed
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-blue-mysterious-ribbontail-ray-electric.html #fish
Ribbontail #Stingray Skin Employs a Core–Shell Photonic Glass Ultrastructure to Make Blue Structural Color https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adom.202301909
"If you see blue in nature, you can almost be sure that it's made by tissue #nanostructures, not pigment."
A new blue: Mysterious origin of the ribbontail ray's electric blue spots revealed
Researchers have discovered the unique nanostructures responsible for the electric blue spots of the bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma), with possible applications for developing chemical-free coloration. The team is also conducting ongoing research into the equally enigmatic blue coloration of the blue shark (Prionace glauca).