Phytoplankton is an important component of the food-web and is predated by a wide variety of aquatic organisms, such as water fleas, copepods and fish. These microscopic algae also play a crucial role ...

Oil and water may not mix, but the two have now revealed a new example of structural color, in which an object’s hue arises from its shape. Studying droplets made of two layers of clear oil, ...

It’s a question so simple, yet it piques the interest and curiosity the moment we put ourselves in a thinking posture and ask: What is the colour of water? We learn from childhood textbooks and from ...

How do plants use sunlight to make their own food? We use light for more than just to see. We can use light’s energy to make electricity, clean water, even dry our clothes. Plants use sunlight to make ...