The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds.

Ammolite comes from the fossilized shells of extinct squidlike critters called ammonites. Scientists knew the secret to the fossils’ flamboyant appearance lay somewhere in their layers of nacre, or ...

In the future, your clothes might come from vats of living microbes. Reporting in the Cell Press journal Trends in Biotechnology on November 12, researchers demonstrate that bacteria can ...

Researchers have developed a sustainable method for creating and dyeing fabric using living bacteria. In this method, the ...

It’s a common myth that the sea reflects its colour onto the sky. In truth, it’s the other way around. The ocean looks blue ...