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Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech
March 18, 2024
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news:

Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. In a first, the team precisely replicated the complex geometry of these particles, called brochosomes, and elucidated a better understanding o . . .

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