News articles tagged with 'colour'
Predators drive the evolution of poison dart frogs' skin patterns
— 21 Nov 2011 19:31 | BiologyNatural selection has played a role in the development of the many skins patterns of the tiny Ranitomeya imitator poison dart frog, according to a study that will be published in an…
Climate change is making our environment 'bluer'
— 6 Apr 2011 18:49 | EnvironmentThe 'colour' of our environment is becoming 'bluer,' a change that could have important implications for animals' risk of becoming extinct, ecologists have found. In a major study involving…
Engineers create vibrant colours in vertical silicon nanowires
— 4 Apr 2011 18:36 | TechnologyEngineers may soon be singing, 'I'm going to wash that grey right out of my nanowires,' thanks to a colourful discovery by a team of researchers from Harvard University and Zena Technologies.…
Nanorods developed in UC Riverside lab could greatly improve visual display of information
— 14 Mar 2011 20:06 | TechnologyChemists at the University of California, Riverside have developed tiny, nanoscale-size rods of iron oxide particles in the lab that respond to an external magnetic field in a way that…
Imaging system controls baking process on production line to improve sandwich bun quality
— 9 Mar 2011 19:20 | TechnologyThe Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) may possess the secret to baking perfect buns every time. Its researchers have developed a production-line system that automatically inspects…
Scientists find gene responsible for colour patterns in mice
— 26 Feb 2011 17:27 | BiologyScientists at Harvard University are moving closer to answering some age-old questions…
Skin colour: Handy tool for teaching evolution
— 20 Feb 2011 16:15 | BiologyVariations in skin colour provide one of the best examples of evolution by natural selection acting on the human body and should be used to teach evolution in schools, according to…
X-rays show why van Gogh paintings lose their shine
— 15 Feb 2011 16:21 | ChemistryScientists have identified a complex chemical reaction responsible for the degradation of two paintings by Vincent van Gogh and other artists of the late 19th century. This discovery…
Fluorescent colour of coral larvae predicts whether they'll settle or swim
— 26 Jan 2011 18:16 | BiologyYoung staghorn coral that fluoresce redder are less likely to settle and develop into coral polyps than their greener peers, University of Texas at Austin biologists have discovered…
Are sharks colour blind?
— 18 Jan 2011 17:32 | BiologySharks are unable to distinguish colours, even though their close relatives rays and chimaeras have some colour vision, according to new research by Dr Nathan Scott Hart and colleagues…