Also catching the flight was a hand-held whole-body ultrasound scanner that would soon be used in its first user demo in space. The Butterfly iQ is a single-probe whole-body ultrasound system ...

Painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui ... one of the longest nonstop flights ever recorded for individual insects. It may also be the first verified account of an individual insect crossing ...

It upends what we know about butterfly migration and behavior. "The butterflies could only have completed this flight using a strategy alternating between active flight, which is costly ...

The butterfly experiment taking flight now in California may help answer ... Holding a butterfly in the palm of her hand and placing it on a plant “felt like a religious offering.” ...

Through water exchange with the environment, humidity-responsive chitinous films can generate energy for potential use in engineering applications The wings of a butterfly are made of chitin ...

The wings of a butterfly are made of chitin ... material to provide the unique strength and stiffness necessary for flight. This natural combination of forces, movement of water, and molecular ...