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Chemistry World
March 29, 2011 |
A Single Scale Tells More Than a Whole Wing Scientists in China have made zinc oxide replicas of single scales from butterfly wings to understand and exploit their optical properties for sensor and solar cell applications.   |
Chemistry World
December 3, 2010
Harriet Brewerton |
Butterfly effect A way to identify individual butterflies from the same species has been designed by scientists in Hungary, who say that the technique could be used to analyse delicate museum samples without destroying them. |
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010 |
How 'Mirasol' Imitates Butterfly Wings Qualcomm's low-power screen imitates nature. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2006
Justin Mullins |
Butterfly Effect The structure that makes one LED researcher's device so special has recently been found to be similar to a sophisticated method of manipulating light discovered in the African swallowtail butterfly Princeps nireus. |
Chemistry World
June 2010 |
How to disappear completely Animals use all sorts of optical trickery to make themselves invisible to predators. Hayley Birch finds out how the natural world can help develop new camouflage materials |
Chemistry World
February 12, 2012
Laura Howes |
Thermal imaging on the wing By adding carbon nanotubes to butterfly wings chemists have been able to turn these nanostructures into an infrared detector. |
Chemistry World
November 29, 2006
Lionel Milgrom |
Pterins, Sex and the Single Butterfly Researchers have characterised the molecular composition and optical properties of pigmented nanoscopic granules found in the tiny wing scales of the pierid butterfly, Pontia protodice. |
Chemistry World
October 20, 2011
Jennifer Newton |
Mimicking Mother Nature's Solar Panels Scientists in China have studied the anti-reflective behavior of black butterfly scales to understand the way these natural solar collectors work. |
Technology Research News
February 12, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Butterflies offer lessons for robots Researchers from Oxford University in England have devised a method of studying the way butterflies fly, and their initial results show that the insects have many more tricks of flight than they get credit for. |
Chemistry World
November 1, 2006
Richard Van Noorden |
Insects Make Nanotech Impression Chinese researchers have reported a cheap and effective way to print nanoscale structures onto surfaces: they use stamps created from the delicately patterned wings of cicadas. |
National Defense
November 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Biology, Neuroscience Aid Weapon Development at Air Force Research Lab Lab researchers here increasingly are studying and mimicking Mother Nature's products. The hope is that the research will one day lead to advances including tiny aircraft that fly and act like birds and insects and bio-inspired sensors that can out-snuff Fido's nose. |
Food Processing
May 2013
Dave Fusaro |
Natural Colors Outsell Synthetic Ones Mintel-Leatherhead joint research shows the scales tipped in 2011. |
Chemistry World
August 3, 2015
Ida Emilie Steinmark |
Phosphorescent 'butterfly' molecules' glow tuned Molecular 'butterflies' that flutter their wings under light can be tuned to glow red or blue, or both. |
AskMen.com
February 7, 2003
Chris Rovny |
Choosing The Right Colors For You The task of picking the right colors is complicated, especially with the veritable maze of shades and onslaught of fads out there. But knowing which colors look best on you is a necessary skill for any stylish man, especially since a color can make or break your entire look. |
National Gardening
Alice Yarborough |
Gardening for Butterflies The plants they like and the species you may see on them... |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Soft Colors are Back Much like in the world of fashion and interior design, gardening color trends come and go. After the bold and dashing colors of the late 1990s, with the economic downturn and world crises, interest has shifted the last few years to more traditional darker, richer, colors. |
AskMen.com
Brandon Dyce |
5 Color Coordination Rules Does this tie match? What color shirt goes with these pants? These confusing, colorful questions burden every man, everywhere. |
Metropolis
April 2007
Paul Makovsky |
The Color Forecast A foldout guide to the earthier, more natural colors you'll be seeing this year. |
| National Gardening |
Perennials: Designing with Color Even if a perennial bed doesn't turn out exactly like what you envisioned, chances are it's going to be attractive. |
AskMen.com
Adam Di Stefano |
How To Wear Color Read on to find out why that pink shirt didn't work for you, and why that doesn't mean that you should give up on wearing colors quite so easily. Whether you're dark-skinned, medium-toned or pale-skinned, you can find appropriate colors for your complexion. |
Prepared Foods
April 1, 2005
Marcia A. Wade |
Ingredient Challenges: Putting Color in Those Cheeks As organic colors, nutritional functionality and digital imaging enter the picture, food manufacturers are getting some bright ideas. But regardless of what lies over the rainbow, food coloring is highly regulated by the FDA. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2005
Hubert Kostal |
Nano-optics: robust, optical devices for demanding applications In harsh environments, conventional optics and optical engineering have significant physical limitations. But, through nanometer-scale structuring of various materials, "Nano-optics" creates a new class of optical devices with desirable optical effects. |
AskMen.com
Sachin Bhola |
Meaning Of Colors Understanding the meaning of colors is a good first step in figuring out what works for you, because color can have a lot of influence over us and others |
AskMen.com
May 25, 2001
Chris Rovny |
Matching The Colors Of Summer Why do men generally have such a hard time choosing seasonal colors that go well together? |
AskMen.com
Eddie Chandler |
The Psychology Of Colors Ever wonder why advertisers, car designers and office decorators use certain shades and tones? Because there's a psychology behind colors, that's why. |
