A butterfly’s wing is covered in hundreds of thousands of tiny scales, like miniature shingles on a paper-thin roof. A single shell is as small as a speck of dust yet surprisingly complex, with a corrugated surface of ridges that help drain water, manage heat and reflect light to give a butterfly its signature glow. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Bank of Japan said it would “significantly” scale back its monthly bond-buying program worth ¥6 trillion ($38 billion), a crucial milestone in winding down its ultra-loose monetary policy and trimming its expansive balance sheet. … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: Pixabay from Pexels × close to Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Researchers at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered how to take a wonder material, one that can extract value from captured carbon dioxide, … Read more