An important technique to analyze microscopic samples is UV-visible range microspectroscopy. The technique can analyze samples in the micron range, and as such is perfectly suitable for research on ...

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Feather microstructures can remarkably change the appearance of red plumage without any corresponding changes in either pigment concentration or molecule types Adult male Brazilian tanager ...

Researchers have figured out how desert sandgrouse use their feathers to sustain thirsty chicks. The Namaqua sandgrouse, a bird native to the deserts of southern Africa, has a unique way of helping ...

For decades, when people have wanted to stick two things together but later pull them back apart, Velcro has been the answer. In the future, however, the material may get some competition from bird ...

A small group of birds, the sandgrouse, that dwell in Africa’s forbidding deserts have long mystified and delighted observers because they absorb and carry water in their breast feathers whilst flying ...