News tagged with pigments
NASA Conducts Airborne Science Aboard Zeppelin Airship
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA launched its first airborne science mission this week featuring a 246-foot-long Zeppelin NT airship equipped with two imaging instruments to learn more about environmental conditions in the San Francisco ...
Hidden treasure: Technique reveals buried image in famed illustrator's painting
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Scientists today reported use of a new X-ray imaging technique to reveal for the first time in a century unprecedented details of a painting hidden beneath another painting by famed American illustrator N.C. ...
There is more to bats' vision than meets the eye
Jul 28, 2009 |
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The eyes of nocturnal bats possess two spectral cone photoreceptor types for daylight and colour vision. Reporting in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Br ...
Bird Feathers Produce Color Through Structure Similar to Beer Foam
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the brightest colors in nature are created by tiny nanostructures with a structure similar to beer foam or a sponge, according to Yale University researchers.
'Smart packaging' alerts consumers, grocers when refrigerated foods spoil
Feb 10, 2009 |
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If you have ever wondered whether the milk in your grocer's refrigerator might have gone bad or if you left the pre-packaged meats on your kitchen counter too long, then a partnership between two University of Rhode Island ...
Traits produced by melanin may signal the bearer's capacity to combat free radicals
Oct 03, 2008 |
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Some animal species have developed conspicuous traits produced by melanin pigments (for instance, dark manes in lions, black stripes in some birds and fishes). These traits are used as signals during contests for resources ...
