Nature’s Smallest Rainbows, Produced by Peacock Spiders, May Inspire New Optical Technologies - microscopic 3D curvature of their iridescent scales enables separation and isolation of light into its component wavelengths at smaller distances than are possible with current engineering technologies.

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Nature’s Smallest Rainbows, Produced by Peacock Spiders, May Inspire New Optical Technologies - microscopic 3D curvature of their iridescent scales enables separation and isolation of light into its component wavelengths at smaller distances than are possible with current engineering technologies.