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Keeping cool: Enhanced optical reflection and radiative heat dissipation in Saharan silver ants
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Keeping cool: Silver ants inhabit one of the hottest and driest environments on Earth, the Saharan sands, where most insects shrivel and die moments after contact. Shi et al. show that the triangular shape of the silver hairs that cover their bodies enables this existence. The hairs both increase the reflection of near-infrared rays and dissipate heat from the ants' bodies, even under full sun conditions. Evolution's simple solution to intense heat management in this species could lead to better designs for passive cooling of human-produced objects. Science , this issue p. 298
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- Shi, N. N., Tsai, C.-C., Camino, F., Bernard, G. D., Yu, N., & Wehner, R.
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- Published
- 2015-07-17
- Volume
- 349
- Issue
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- 298-301
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- 1095-9203
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