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Squids’ color-changing pigments could pave way for efficient solar power generation
Not only masters of camouflage, squids may also be experts in solar power. A fascinating study has uncovered that the pigments responsible for their remarkable color shifts could play a role in ...
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Cephalopod Camouflage: Cells and Organs of the Skin
The elastomeric properties of the membrane around the pigment granules -the cytoeslastic sacculus (Fig. 2, C), is thought to be responsible for contracting the chromatophore after it has opened ...