News tagged with butterfly wings
Nanometric butterfly wings created
A team of researchers from the State University of Pennsylvania (USA) and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) have developed a technique to replicate biological structures, such as butterfly wings, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 08, 2009 |
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'Supergene' is key to copycat butterflies
Since Charles Darwin, biologists have pondered the mystery of "mimicry butterflies", which survive by copying the wing patterns of other butterflies that taste horrible to their predators, birds.
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Natural solar collectors on butterfly wings inspire more powerful solar cells
The discovery that butterfly wings have scales that act as tiny solar collectors has led scientists in China and Japan to design a more efficient solar cell that could be used for powering homes, businesses, ...
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Rainbows without pigments offer new defense against fraud
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have developed pigment-free, intensely coloured polymer materials, which could provide new, anti-counterfeit devices on passports or banknotes due to their difficulty ...
May 18, 2011 |
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Colors of Butterfly Wing Yield Clues to Light-Altering Structures
(PhysOrg.com) -- At the very heart of some of the most brilliant colors on the wings of butterflies lie bizarre structures, a multidisciplinary team of Yale researchers has found. These structures are intriguing ...
Jun 14, 2010 |
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How the butterflies got their spots
(PhysOrg.com) -- How two butterfly species have evolved exactly the same striking wing colour and pattern has intrigued biologists since Darwin's day. Now, scientists at Cambridge have found 'hotspots' in ...
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Butterfly wings' 'art of blackness' could boost production of green fuels
Butterfly wings may rank among the most delicate structures in nature, but they have given researchers powerful inspiration for new technology that doubles production of hydrogen gas — a green fuel of the future — ...
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Researchers make better heat sensor based on butterfly wings
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long known that butterfly wings produce their iridescent colors by bouncing light around and between tiny ridges in structures made of chitin. More recently they’ve discovered ...
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Sparkly Spiders and Photonic Fish
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Israel and the UK have uncovered the details of how certain fish and spiders create their iridescent scales and silvery skins.
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Butterfly vision, wing colors linked: Ability to identify own species aided by ultraviolet pigment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Butterfly experts have suspected for more than 150 years that vision plays a key role in explaining wing color diversity. Now, for the first time, research led by UC Irvine biologists proves ...
Feb 16, 2010 |
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It's a small world (for small people) after all
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lab-coated and goggled, Troy Dassler's 15 third graders are itching to power up their digital optical microscopes.
May 10, 2010 |
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Flight Artists film smallest insect in flight
The Flight Artists team from Wageningen University, the Netherlands, has been the first to make high-speed camera footage of parasitic wasps of about 1 mm wingspan.
May 25, 2011 |
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Copper butterfly folds wings to avoid unwanted male advances
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a move that females of any species would likely recognize, the small copper female butterfly has evolved a strategy of dissuading amorous males that is both effective and energy conserving; ...
Jun 02, 2011 |
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An eye gene colors butterfly wings red
Red may mean STOP or I LOVE YOU! A red splash on a toxic butterfly's wing screams DON'T EAT ME! In nature, one toxic butterfly species may mimic the wing pattern of another toxic species in the area. By ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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How far can they go? Traveling is key for survival and conservation
Nowadays, more and more animal habitats are being fragmented, or lost. Many species need assistance and conservation of their environments to survive, and it is important to know the best way this can be achieved. ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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