A British scientist who made Israel his first choice for career progression, has been honored with the prestigious Blavatnik prize after discovering shrimp can form crystals by manipulating light.
Dr Ben Palmer, 39, originally from Wales, United Kingdom, will next month be awarded $100,000 by the eminent Blavatnik Family Foundation prize fund, which recognises individuals under the age of 42 for groundbreaking research.
His work is expected to make waves in the whitening industry, providing a safer and more natural material than current chemicals regularly used in products such as paint and toothpaste.
Dr Palmer, who has a Ph.D. in crystallography, explained his scientific discovery to TPS-IL: “Guanine [the dna substance produced by fish to make their scales shiny] has been known about for a long time and used in various creatures in the animal kingdom.