Blue Sky

Episode
Flights of Fancy
Broadcast Info
2001 (5 mins)
Description
Optical physicists from Exeter University have discovered by chance, very complex microscopic structures in butterfly wings. As a result they are learning more about how colours are emitted and this knowledge is being applied in areas such as the militar and anti-counterfeiting devices.
optical-physicists Exeter University butterfly wings microscopic structures military devices anti-counterfeiting devices
Genre
Science; Technology; Computing

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The Open University, "Blue Sky". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/5942 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)