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Natural solar collectors on butterfly wings inspire more powerful solar cells
Feb 05, 2009 |
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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, ...
Hind wings help butterflies make swift turns to evade predators, study finds
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New tires allow race cars to take tight turns at high speeds. Hind wings give moths and butterflies similar advantages: They are not necessary for basic flight but help these creatures take tight turns to ...
Butterfly wings may help scientists better understand photonic crystals
Sep 04, 2008 |
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As technology moves forward, many scientists are looking to nature to find inspiration for the development of advanced materials that can have a variety of practical applications.
Hearing on the wing: New structure discovered in butterfly ears
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever structure in the ear of a tropical butterfly that potentially makes it able to distinguish between high and low pitch sounds has been discovered by scientists from the University ...
British butterflies need summer boost
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Apr 25, 2008 |
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British conservationists said 2007 was the worst summer for butterflies in more than 25 years.
Nanometric butterfly wings created
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Oct 08, 2009 |
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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, ...
New study uncovers secrets behind butterfly wing patterns
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Oct 25, 2007 |
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The genes that make a fruit fly's eyes red also produce red wing patterns in the Heliconius butterfly found in South and Central America, finds a new study by a UC Irvine entomologist.
Rare butterfly puts stop to construction
Nov 09, 2007 |
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Norwegian officials have stopped a major construction project in Halden after the endangered Chequered Blue Butterfly (Scolitantides orion) was spotted.
Sexy or repulsive? Butterfly wings can be both to mates and predators
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Butterflies seem able to both attract mates and ward off predators using different sides of their wings, according to new research by Yale University biologists.
New species of butterfly discoverd
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Dec 20, 2007 |
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A team of London-based explorers discovered a new species of butterfly in the northern reaches of the Andes mountain range in South America.
Florida's butterfly population struggles
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Oct 22, 2007 |
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The diversity of South Florida's tropical butterfly population is "compromised," experts from the North American Butterfly Association said.
Pinning down the butterfly's wings
Jun 01, 2007 |
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A Belgian mathematician hopes to use the science of chaos, the butterfly effect and strange attractors to help build a complete model of climate and resources that will lead to a new approach to sustainable development.
Brown Argus butterfly sees positive effects of climate change
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Jun 02, 2008 |
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The Brown Argus butterfly Aricia agestis has expanded northwards in Britain during the last 30 years. It is thought that the recent expansion of the species is due to the increasing summer temperatures caused by global warming.
Nanotechnology goes out on a wing
Oct 31, 2006 |
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What does a colorful and noisy backyard insect have to do with nanotechnology? Plenty, according to Jin Zhang and Zhongfan Liu, both professors at Peking University.
Painting by numbers
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Sep 29, 2006 |
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Professor Richard ffrench-Constant of the University of Exeter in Cornwall has worked with an international team of experts to ‘decode’ the patterns on butterflies’ wings.
