It's long been known that consumers choose apples based on fruit color. Apple producers recognize that clear days and cool nights are ideal growing conditions for apples to develop bright red colors.

The eyes of moths, which allow them to see well at night, are also covered with a water-repellent, anti-reflective coating that makes their eyes among the least reflective surfaces in nature.

Is this the end of the Nasher’s dispute with its condo tower neighbor? Says the DMN: Three years after the Nasher Sculpture Center first complained that it was blinded by the light coming off Museum ...

Phytonics, a spin-off from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), has launched an anti-reflective film for solar modules after more than seven years of research and development work. The ...

The high-tech company Phytonics, a spinoff from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), gets inspired by plants: The Phytonics film with micro- and nanostructures modeled on rose petals provides ...

A thin film designed to mimic butterfly wings could keep cars cooler when applied to their exterior. Their film is a few micrometres thick and has three layers. The top layer is made from a compound ...

LLEIDA, SPAIN—In a research report published in a recent issue of HortTechnology, scientists Ignasi Iglesias and Simó Alegre examined the effects of covering orchard floors with reflective films on ...