By replicating the complex micron- and nanometer-scale photonic structures that help give butterfly wings their color, researchers have demonstrated a new technique that uses biotemplates for ...

A cross-national team of researchers have developed a technique to replicate biological structures, such as butterfly wings, on a nano-scale.

Artificial Butterfly: Wing Scales Provide Template For Complex Photonic Structures Date: December 11, 2006 Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Summary: By replicating the complex micron- and ...

Butterfly wing scales appear different colors because of the way their structures reflect light. Researchers have duplicated the scale structures. One possible application: producing money that's ...

A butterfly’s wing is covered in hundreds of thousands of tiny scales like miniature shingles on a paper-thin roof. A single scale is as small as a speck of dust yet surprisingly complex, with a ...

Explore the soft, smooth-looking surface of a butterfly wing through an electron microscope and you'll see it's actually covered in rugged, textured scales that overlap like shingles on a roof.

The scale of a butterfly wing, showing different colors. Bodo Wilts The PopSci team has tested hundreds of products and spent thousands of hours trying to find the best gear and gadgets you can buy.

For the first time, MIT scientists watched microscopic butterfly scales grow inside a chrysalis from start to finish.

Engineers have continuously observed scales growing and assembling on a butterfly wing for the first time as the developing insect transforms inside its chrysalis.

New research has revealed a network of living cells within butterfly wings that help the insects maintain performance by preventing overheating and rapid cooling.

A butterfly's beginnings are wondrous. Gently nestled in its cocoon, a caterpillar transforms into a fairylike creature with meticulously laid out, iridescent scales layered upon each wing. Piece ...

Apparently, butterflies have scales. This image shows the brilliant wing scales of a morpho butterfly (each scale is approximately 0.1 mm long). credit Pete Vukusic, University of Exeter ...