Destin over at SmarterEveryDay wanted to take an up-close look at the nanostructure of a butterfly’s wing, so he took a few samples to be looked at under a scanning electron microscope. The results ...
A Butterfly's Wing Reveals a Secret That Took Scientists Years to Understand ...
Australian researchers say they have built a world-first prototype of a new microscope that will "open scientific doors". Associate Professor Paul Dastoor from the University of Newcastle has been ...
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Pictures taken through a microscope have obvious value for scientists, but photomicrographs, as they are called, can be appreciated as objects of beauty in their own right. This week, the ...
New anti-bacterial surfaces could be made possible by replicating the surface of a butterfly wing, EPSRC-funded scientists from Bradford University have reported. Professor Ben Whiteside examines the ...