An international research team including University of Akron scientists has done the seemingly impossible – breaking a microscopic code hidden in a 160 million-year-old feathered dinosaur fossil ...

University of Akron polymer science doctoral students Anvay Patil, left, and Mario Echeverri show feathers they used to determine how to reproduce colors.

A team at the University of Akron has developed a new type of non-toxic pigment inspired by the vibrant colors of bird feathers. But the success came as a surprise to the researchers. We’re in the lab ...

Scientists at the University of Akron just might make the world a more vibrant place. Vibrant colors, like those of bird feathers, have been replicated by University of Akron researchers, who think ...