Scientists solve 70-year-old mystery of an insect’s invisibility layer that can manipulate light
Leafhoppers (left) are a common backyard insect that secrete surprisingly complex nanoparticles called brochiosomes (right).Lin Wang and Tak-Sing Wong Leafhoppers are the only species that secrete brochiosomes: rare nanoparticles with invisibility properties. But for the first time, a group of scientists has created their own synthetic brochiosomes. They hope their brochiosomes will one day be… Read More »