Chameleons are famous for their color-changing abilities. Depending on their body temperature or mood, their nervous system directs skin tissue that contains nanocrystals to expand or contract, ...

Where do lightsabers get their color in Star Wars? A lightsaber’s color comes from the kyber crystal within the hilt. The lightsaber’s blade takes on the color of the crystal within. A blue kyber ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Structural colors – the vibrant hues that arise not from pigments but from the interaction of light with microscopic structures – are among nature’s most captivating phenomena.

If last month's Twitter storm over #TheDress taught us anything — and that's up for debate — it's that the way we perceive color works in weird ways. Over millennia, chameleons have used that to their ...

Colloidal photonic crystals that can be made to change color by applying a magnetic field have been developed by researchers in the US. The crystals could be used to dramatically improve the quality ...

There has been a huge wellness movement happening in recent years — a crystal movement. Yes, you read that right. Many people believe that certain natural elements harness positive energy that can ...

It has been a while since I have covered colloidal photonic crystals here on Nobel Intent. Last time, I wrote about research that showed how one could fine tune the crystal lattice with an applied ...