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Jie Wu, an engineering graduate student, was studying a type of striking white beetle found in Southeast Asia and attempting to figure out how to mimic its brilliant color when an unexpected discovery ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) J. Carson Meredith, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Jie Wu, an ...