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Throwing light on shrimp eye polarization
added on 26 Oct 2009
A new understanding of one of nature’s most complicated eyes could lead improvements in a huge range of modern electronic devices, according to a paper published in Nature Photonics. Nicholas Roberts, of the University of Bristol, and colleagues have worked out how the ‘quarter-wave plates’ in t...
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Throwing light on shrimp eye polarization
posted to The Great Beyond on 26 Oct 2009
A new understanding of one of nature’s most complicated eyes could lead improvements in a huge range of modern electronic devices, according to a paper published in Nature Photonics. Nicholas Roberts, of the University of Bristol, and colleagues have worked out how the ‘quarter-wave plates’ in t...
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Shrimp Eyes Polarize Light Just Like a DVD Player, Only Better | 80beats
posted to The Loom on 26 Oct 2009
A new discovery about how mantis shrimp process light could give rise to new and more powerful consumer electronics, according to a new study. Mantis shrimp possess the animal kingdom’s most complicated eyes, capable of distinguishing between 100,000 colors — 10 times as many as humans — and seei...
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