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  "id": 17812057,
  "title": "Pearls and bird feathers inspire simpler method for producing structural colors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/pearls-and-bird-feathers-inspire-simpler-method-for-producing",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-02T14:40:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-pearls-bird-feathers-simpler-method.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Colors in nature are not always produced by pigments. Pearls, bird feathers, butterfly wings and opals display brilliant colors through the interaction of light with microscopic structures, a phenomenon known as structural color.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}