Many ladybirds have attractive color patterns consisting of black and red. A research team focused on the multicolored Asian ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis (also known as the harlequin ladybird), ...

WHEN gaseous substances slowly react with metals, and the volume of the solid resultants is greater than that of the metal at the temperature of reaction, a series of bright interference colours is ...

The quest to artificially create and control structural colors has been driven by their unique properties: they can be more vibrant, longer-lasting, and less toxic than traditional pigments. Moreover, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Most natural and artificial colors are formed due to selective light absorption by pigments or dyes. An alternative mechanism of color formation is observed in the bright colors ...

A new study has uncovered a novel P-type PPR protein, BoYgl-2, which plays a crucial role in chloroplast RNA editing and chlorophyll biosynthesis in cabbage. This discovery sheds new light on the ...