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Sharing 13 videos about nanostructures

Iridescence: What creates nature’s shifting rainbows?

Rion NakayaMarch 7, 2023March 7, 2023

Why is spider silk “stronger than steel?”

Rion NakayaFebruary 8, 2023

Why would humans want to imitate a slippery, fly-digesting plant?

Rion NakayaSeptember 1, 2022September 2, 2022

The Lizard That Uses Nanotechnology to Walk Upside Down

Rion NakayaNovember 5, 2020November 5, 2020

Why are Glasswing Butterfly wings clear?

Rion NakayaJune 8, 2020

Rattlesnakes’ scales help them sip rainwater from their bodies

Rion NakayaJanuary 8, 2020February 24, 2022

The iridescent Chrysochroa fulgidissima jewel beetle

Rion NakayaNovember 22, 2019November 22, 2019

Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

Rion NakayaJanuary 9, 2018July 19, 2021

Mimicking shark skin to combat superbugs

Rion NakayaOctober 14, 2015March 24, 2022

How (and Why) Do Chameleons Change Color? – Veritasium

Rion NakayaMarch 16, 2015June 7, 2016

Hydrophobic metal made with laser-etched microscopic patterns

Rion NakayaJanuary 23, 2015June 2, 2021

What Gives the Morpho Butterfly Its Magnificent Blue? – Deep Look

Rion NakayaDecember 17, 2014July 19, 2021

Zoom into a Blue Morpho Butterfly

Rion NakayaMarch 19, 2013March 3, 2017