The below pictures were
taken under electron microscopes at 5,000 x magnification.
«One rather exciting feature is that the images
taken under the electron microscope show the nanowires to have a slightly different shape,» says co-author Thomas Keller from DESY NanoLab.
Not exact matches
The only species Onstott has observed in action are nematode worms; he could see them squirming
under a
microscope, and
took detailed
electron microscopy images of their hundredth - of - an - inch - long bodies.
So researchers decided to
take a closer look at duck plumage, observing feather filaments belonging to four species, including the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos),
under an
electron microscope.