Glass for technologies like displays, tablets, laptops, smartphones, and solar cells need to pass light through, but could benefit from a surface that repels water, dirt, oil, and other liquids.

Butterfly wing material is somewhat like spider silk, in that they’re both animal-produced substances which scientists are very interested in copying. In the case of butterfly wings, it’s their ...

An invisible butterfly might sound like something from a fairytale, but there are butterflies with wings as transparent as panes of glass. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in ...

Criminal defense lawyer and artist Alex Heveri’s journey with glass insect sculptures started with designing a Blue Morpho butterfly sculpture for a friend’s memorial in Jan. 2020. Tucson Botanical ...

Greta oto, a species of brush-footed butterfly most commonly found in Central and South America, has a colloquial moniker just as beautiful as its physiology: It’s known as the “glasswing butterfly.” ...