Scientists have developed a solid material so light it can be balanced atop the petals of a flower. Researchers from Zhejiang university in Hangzhou, China, showed off their newly developed ...

Petals produce a 'blue halo' that helps bees find flowers Date: October 18, 2017 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: Latest research has found that several common flower species have ...

To find out which genes are responsible for the flower’s fakery, Glover and her team compared the genes expressed in fake-fly petals with those in regular petals.

What can materials scientists learn from a flower? A lot, it turns out. Researchers in China have discovered why water droplets roll off a lotus leaf like mercury yet stick to rose petals like ...