Lisa Smith
Lisa Smith studied chemistry, creative writing and the classics at the University of Melbourne. She has been an editor for Wiley's Materials Science portfolio since 2010, and enjoys writing and editing both fiction and non-fiction in whatever spare time she can find.
A new twist for structural colour

A new twist for structural colour

Reflecting 30% of the light that hits it, the Pollia condensata berry uses structural colour—no chemical pigments—to outshine even the morpho butterfly.