Biology
Learn how to counter fake money from butterfly wings
Strange optical effects on butterfly wings can help people encrypt information on banknotes or other precious objects to prevent counterfeiting.
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Biology
The mechanism of protein synthesis is first observed directly
Research by molecular biologist Harry Noller and colleagues at UC Santa Cruz has led to success in directly observing the mechanism of protein synthesis in living cells.
Animal world
Spiders evolved into unusual electro-optical blue
Daniel Valcarcel, a medical student in Barcelona, Spain, shared the video of the tarantula spider of Poecilotheria metallica crawling through the arm on Viral Hog's pa…
Animal world
Birds lay colorful eggs
A bird's egg in Central and South America has a natural iridescent shell, with color changing from different angles.
Animal world
A close-up of the fantasy of self-glowing creatures
Optical glow is one of the great abilities of all species in nature.
Animal world
Striped on his zebra is decoded
Striped lines will help protect zebras from predators by creating optical illusions.
Animal world
The phenomenon of optical illusion appears in some animals
Most optical illusion phenomena tend to appear only in humans, unlike animals that only see real images from the outside world.
Animal world
Lizard Augrabies know how to use optical weapons
Biologists from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia have discovered that flat lizard Augrabies use optical weapons.
Scientific application
Promote optical applications into life
More than 200 delegates, of which 60 international delegates attended the 6th National Spectrum Optical Conference, from 8 to 12 November in Hanoi.
Scientific application
Optical fiber
Optical fiber cables, vibrating by light, are considered as the communication system of the information superhighway. By converting billions of digital data into light s…
Environment
What is the sun halo?
The big light around the Sun is not a circular rainbow. It is merely the result of a common optical phenomenon in nature: light refraction.
Environment
After Nghe An, strange aura appeared in Hue sky
Many people in Hue are very curious and surprised by the appearance of a strange aura around the Sun.
Environment
Appeared to be a virtual fantasy 'fire rainbow' in the sky of America
The people of South Carolina (USA) were very fortunate to admire the phenomenon of clouds with full rainbow colors appearing in the sky earlier this week.
Environment
A clear picture of red heterosexual lightning was taken from the International Space Station
Red heterogeneous lightning is an optical activity associated with strong lightning, which takes place in a very short time.
Environment
Strange, rare ice halo in the United States
The ice, a rare optical phenomenon, appeared in the sky of New Mexico on January 9.