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Video: PHYSICS GIRL EXPERIMENT- Only some humans can see this type of light
Join Physics girl on a tour of polarized light and learn how to do a simple project to see the invisible.
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Video: Show Me Some Science! Polarization of the Sky
Bees are capable of remarkable feats of orientation and navigation; they have a very strong sense of direction. Find out more in this easy experiment.
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Lesson: Polarization
You may not be aware of it, but polarized light is all around you. Generally speaking, the human visual system is not particularly adept at perceiving polarized light. While some animals, bees in particular, are quite sensitive to polarized light, humans usually find it difficult to detect it with the unaided eye. Find out more…
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Article: Sun Compass Integration of Skylight Cues in Migratory Monarch Butterflies
Migrating monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) use a time-compensated sun compass to navigate from eastern North America to their overwintering grounds in central Mexico. Find out more in this article. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627310010731
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Article: Butterfly wings inspire a better way to absorb light in solar panels
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. https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/19/16503258/butterfly-wings-engineering-solar-cell-energy-biomimicry
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Video: From Butterflies to Biophotonic Implants
At Caltech, engineers inspired by nano-scale structures on butterfly wings have developed synthetic versions that make eye implants for glaucoma patients function more accurately.
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Video: What Gives the Morpho Butterfly Its Magnificent Blue? | Deep Look
What does it mean to be blue? The wings of a Morpho butterfly are some of the most brilliant structures in nature, and yet they contain no blue pigment — they harness the physics of light at the nanoscale. Learn more about these butterflies in this Deep Look video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Ts7CsJDpg&list=PLdKlciEDdCQA1MVDuyxZPVloYV3wpunMO&index=5&t=0s
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Article: Butterfly Wings May Improve Airplane Wings
With a flap of its wings, the butterfly is causing a flurry in the science world. Through a science called biomimicry, researchers are learning how butterfly wings could improve the design and manufacture of several commercial products.Mechanical engineers are mimicking nature to shorten your next flight. https://www.insidescience.org/video/butterfly-wings-may-improve-airplane-wings
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Video Collection: AskNAture- Biological Strategies of Butterflies and Moths
This AskNature video collection focuses on the biological strategies and other qualities butterflies have developed such as multifunctional wing scales, cocoon building, flight patterns, thermoregulation, and more. Learn more about butterflies and moths and the innovations they inspire in this video resource. https://asknature.org/?s=butterflies&page=3&is_v=1
