During graduate school, he saw an opportunity to merge his expertise in miRNA with his lifelong interest in butterflies, leading him to explore the largely understudied role of miRNAs in shaping ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have found an unusual ally in the quest to make cancer diagnosis faster, more accurate and more accessible worldwide: the Morpho butterfly. Known ...

Don't cut all the way through the meat, just cut the top half so that the meat will spread in one big piece -- like butterfly wings ... you'll need to use the right tools — and not ones for ...

Welcome to the kaleidoscopic world of the butterfly wing. How do butterflies and moths (known collectively as Lepidoptera) make use of their vibrant wing patterns? Why are some species experts in ...

A vapour sensor based on an exact replica of the butterfly-scale design will most probably be unable to selectively quantify more than ten individual vapours from their mixture. A man-made ...

Butterfly wings inspire new imaging technique for cancer diagnosis Using the nanostructures found on butterfly wings, scientists have developed a simple and inexpensive way to analyze cancerous ...