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April 22, 2024

Blueberries’ blue is just skin deep, caused by structure not pigments
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Non-spherical nanostructures explain the fruit’s colour.

I never reflected on the colour of blueberries, and just assumed it was pigment-based. Turns out it is more interesting than that!

R Middleton et al, Sci. Adv., 2024, https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adk4219

Element partners with Swedish ISP Tele2 for sovereign communications
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I suppose this should be seen in light of the official endorsement of Matrix by eSam over a year ago, which I noted at the time.

Sweden’s public sector is keen to adopt open source and open standards to ensure data sovereignty and protection against vendor lock-in

As a part of Tele2 Collaborate, Element is seen as a natural Skype for Business (S4B) replacement for Sweden’s public sector, and an alternative to US-based Big Tech vendors.