Known for its shimmering blue wings, the Morpho butterfly owes its brilliance not ... Our work shows that nature has given us ...

Using the microscopic structures found on the wings of the Morpho butterfly, researchers have developed a simple and inexpensive way to analyze cancer biopsy samples that could make cancer ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered a unique way to analyze the extent of fibrosis using butterfly wings. The team ...

Unlike many vibrant insects, who rely on pigment alone for their colors, a butterfly’s radiant shimmer has a special source: The precise structure and arrangement of microscopic scales on its wings.

Morpho butterflies carry structures that can manipulate light in their wings. The researchers discovered that when a biopsy was placed on a Morpho butterfly wing and viewed with a standard microscope, ...

Like an expanding balloon, the wings grow over time without changing their original shape, ANI reported. Yet new research shows that something is amiss in the Butterfly Nebula.

Known for its shimmering blue wings, the Morpho butterfly owes its brilliance not to pigments but to microscopic structures that manipulate light. Now, researchers are harnessing those same structures ...

Butterfly wings inspire new imaging technique for cancer diagnosis Using the nanostructures found on butterfly wings, ... without the need for chemical staining or expensive imaging equipment. ...