EPISODE · May 11, 2018 · 1H
#473 Colour Me... Structurally?
from Science for the People · host Rachelle Saunders, Bethany Brookshire, and Carolyn Wilke
This week on Science for the People, we're looking at a different way of producing colour than you might be used to. Structural colour relies on nano-scale structures to reflect particular wavelengths of light. To start things off, we'll be discussing some of the science behind naturally occurring colours, and the engineering to produce manufactured ones with PhD student Victoria Hwang. After that, Dr. Maria McNamara joins us to discuss how colour information is preserved in the fossil record and where the research is going. And we couldn’t give you an episode on colour without some pictures! Photos of structural...
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#473 Colour Me... Structurally?
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