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Elena Ivanova at Eureka 17 Ceremony

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Many of us during childhood and even at older age have admired the wings of dragonflies, striking not only by their beauty, but from the engineering point of view. But as it has appeared Mother Nature has presented them with one, even more amazing property. We asked Professor Elena Ivanova , the researcher of Melbourne Swinburn University and winner of this year's Eureka Prize to explain, how does it work


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Many of us during childhood and even at older age have admired the wings of dragonflies, striking not only by their beauty, but from the engineering point of view. But as it has appeared Mother Nature has presented them with one, even more amazing property. We asked Professor Elena Ivanova , the researcher of Melbourne Swinburn University and winner of this year's Eureka Prize to explain, how does it work



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