A new material inspired by butterfly wings repels water and gleams with brilliant color. Like iridescent butterflies, the material uses tiny structures on its surface to achieve both qualities. A ...

The vivid blue color of morpho butterflies doesn’t come from pigment but from tiny nanostructures on their wings that bend and reflect light. In a recent study, scientists designed a thin film with a ...

On October 14th, British artist Damien Hirst’s butterfly painting I Am Become Death, Shatterer of Worlds (2006) sold for 2,2 million pounds (3,5 million dollars) at auction . This may not be such a ...

Butterfly Wing Nail Art captures the delicate elegance of butterfly wings through intricate lines, shimmering gradients, and ...

Scientists have worked out how butterflies use nano-structures to create their beautiful colours and have recreated it in the lab Credit: Photo: Geoff Pugh/The Telegraph The shimmering iridescence of ...

Butterfly enthusiasts may find their hearts aflutter over the latest public artwork in the Arts District at Liberty Station in Point Loma. Artist Kaori Fukuyama’s “Garden of Transformation/Jardin de ...

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 jeweler Pierre Dubail’s abstract work has been set onto a jeweled butterfly brooch. By Kathleen Beckett The term art jewelry is bandied about a lot, typically referring to jewelry of a sculptural ...

New research on butterfly genomes has revealed that the genetic components that produce different splotches of colour on wings can be mixed up between species by interbreeding to create new patterns, ...

WASHINGTON (Sept. 18, 2017)-- An international team of scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how genetics and evolution work in concert to shape biodiversity by investigating the ...

A new material inspired by butterfly wings repels water and gleams with brilliant color. Like iridescent butterflies, the material uses tiny structures on its surface to achieve both qualities. A ...

New research on butterfly genomes has revealed that the genetic components that produce different splotches of colour on wings can be mixed up between species by interbreeding to create new patterns, ...