The wings of a butterfly have inspired a new type of solar cell that can harvest light twice as efficiently as before and could one day improve our solar panels. The rose butterfly is native to ...

Meanwhile shoppers have been rushing to buy a different kind of solar light. The flower and butterfly wall art were also posted to the Facebook group and are perfect for illuminating your outdoor ...

Better solar collectors are the key to making the technology practical, and Fan's team turned to butterfly wings in their ... "We were searching the 'art of blackness' for the secret of how ...

Engineers have invented tiny structures inspired by butterfly wings that open the door to new solar cell technologies and other applications requiring precise manipulation of light. The ...

After winning the 2007 US Solar ... include a butterfly roof that funnels water into a catchment system, a green roof that provides insulation and absorbs stormwater runoff, a green wall, and ...

The Cabbage White butterfly may irritate gardeners with its unrelenting taste for brassicas but it may hold the key to making solar panels more efficient. A team of experts from the University of ...

Chinese material scientists have been studying the design of butterfly wings to unlock ways to make solar electricity more efficient. Inspired by the way that butterflies use their wings to ...