Thursday, 18. December 2003
Topic: SCIENCE - on December 18, 2003 at 12:39:30 PM CET
Meet a future jewel of technology: gem of a beetle which thinks it's an opal
Andrew Parker, a former researcher at the Australian Museum, was amazed when he examined the internal structure of the scales under a powerful microscope and realised it was the same as that of the precious stone.
"This is the first time opal has been found in animals," said Dr Parker, who is now at Oxford University in Britain.
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