Right now, students from around Greenville County are painting thousands of bright ceramic butterflies and learning about a very dark time in history. They are taking part in The Butterfly Project, ...

Butterflies take flight as researchers create the world's lightest paint! University of Central Florida researcher Debashis Chanda has developed the world's lightest paint, inspired by butterflies.

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The vivid blue color of morpho butterflies doesn’t come from pigment but from tiny nanostructures on their wings that bend and reflect light. In a recent study, scientists designed a thin film with a ...

George Washington University researchers are investigating the genomic basis of the diversity of butterflies’ color patterns using CRISPR technology. As shown in this video from the National Science ...

A new material inspired by butterfly wings repels water and gleams with brilliant color. Like iridescent butterflies, the material uses tiny structures on its surface to achieve both qualities.

Beautifying Bay County is just one goal of the Bay Arts Alliance. Some of the group's efforts are coming to life at the Panama City Center for the Arts. The organization flew in San Francisco Artist ...

Traditional paint gets it color from synthetic pigments, which fade over time and aren't very eco-friendly. There may soon be a better alternative, though, in the form of a paint which incorporates ...

The variety class this week at The Workshop is Sewing a Zippered Pouch on Wednesday, June 21. Participants will learn to sew in a zipper while creating a cool pouch to store treasures. Beginning ...