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Scientist Discovers How Leafbirds Make Complex Color-producing Crystals

2021-06-12

Scientist Discovers How Leafbirds Make Complex Color-producing Crystals

A recent study by a team of researchers led by Dr Vinod Kumar Saranathan from the Division of Science at Yale-NUS College has discovered a complex, three-dimensional crystal called the single gyroid within feathers of the blue-winged leafbird. Dr Saranathan and his team’s breakthrough came from their investigation of the feather colours of leafbirds, an enigmatic group of perching birds endemic...