fabrics and cosmetics. A new study has revealed that the stunning iridescent wings of the tropical blue Morpho butterfly could expand the range of innovative technologies. Scientific lessons ...

Different fabrics also have different optical signatures ... It’s the same basic phenomenon that gives butterfly wings their shimmer. The preform is heated and then mechanically pulled—a bit like ...

Different fabrics also have different optical signatures ... It's the same basic phenomenon that gives butterfly wings their shimmer. The preform is heated and then mechanically pulled—a ...

The group’s imitation butterfly has stainless steel wings encrusted with photonic crystals ... looks like a close-up of a bird’s feather or fabric with sequin attached to it.

Butterfly wings tend to be black closer to their bodies ... and self-described “occasional lepidopterist,” created three dresses from a fabric called Morphotex, a pigment-free, iridescent ...

A vapour sensor based on an exact replica of the butterfly-scale design will most probably be unable to selectively quantify more than ten individual vapours from their mixture. A man-made ...

The film was made from a top layer of titanium, silicon, and oxygen; a middle layer of frosted glass designed with the nanostructure of a butterfly wing; and a bottom layer of silver. (All three ...

Welcome to the kaleidoscopic world of the butterfly wing. How do butterflies and moths (known collectively as Lepidoptera) make use of their vibrant wing patterns? Why are some species experts in ...