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For most people, the red irididescent sepioteuthis squid serve an single purpose… as delicious calamari. But for biophysicist Alison Sweeney, these squid and their cousins possess much more potential inside their bodies than a protein-rich meal. Using a chemical analysis and x-ray reflectance testing, Sweeney’s research has revealed that the reflective proteins inside these squid’s eyes possess unique properties. For one, they self-assemble when to form a reflective multilayered lens tissue. Additionally, they do not degrade over time.
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