Silvery fish have evolved an elegant optical scheme for overcoming the Brewster effect, creating broadband, polarization-neutral reflections for any angle of incidence. Nicholas Roberts explained to Nature Photonics how and why they do it.
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Graydon, O. The fish that beat physics. Nature Photon 6, 794 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.273
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