By Megan Gannon, News Editor | February 24, 2014 02:19pm ET
Never before seen in biology, a state of matter called "disordered hyperuniformity" has been discovered in the eye of a chicken.
This arrangement of particles appears disorganized over small distances but has a hidden order that allows material to behave like both a crystal and a liquid.
The discovery came as researchers were studying cones, tiny light-sensitive cells that allow for the perception of color, in the eyes of chickens.
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