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When the butterfly bush blossoms

The Butterfly bush was introduced to Europe about one hundred years ago from China and has been cultivated since then. Photo: Susan Ebeling UFZ

Brown Argus Butterfly Sees Positive Effects Of Climate Change

The Brown Argus butterfly Aricia agestis has expanded northwards in Britain during the last 30 years. It is thought that the recent expansion of the species is due to the increasing summer temperatures caused by global warming.

Top Five Kids: New butterfly house at the Natural History Museum

A tropical butterfly house and interactive maze with challenges around every twist and turn, plus puzzles, games and activities. Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 (www.nhm.ac.uk 020-7942 5000/5511), until Aug 17

TN to establish butterfly park, insect museum

As part of tourism promotion activities, the Tamil Nadu Government will establish a butterfly park and an insect museum at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at suburban Vandalur.

Science: Butterfly Bafflement Causes Boffin Bemusement

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Zebra's Stripes, Butterfly's Wings: How Do Biological Patterns Emerge?

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Joburg aflutter with butterfly phenomenon

Millions of white butterflies have been flying around Johannesburg in recent days, a phenomenon that scientists have attributed to exceptionally wet summer weather.

The Diving Bell & The Butterfly DVD

A man, Jean-Dominique Bauby, is stricken with Locked-In Syndrome. It's a condition caused by a massive stroke that results in your entire body being paralyzed. It's a real thing. Look it up. In this case it happens to the editor of French Elle magazine. He's a mover and shaker, a bon vivant, a playboy of sorts. We also learn through the beautiful script and performances that he has recently left his children and girlfriend for a new woman. He's a modern anti-hero, if it's fair to apply movie terms to a real person that is....

The Russian State Opera of Siberia: Madame Butterfly

Puccini's tragic masterpiece is a magnificent tale of the doomed love of an American naval lieutenant and his young Japanese bride. Set to a ravishing score, it features some of the most famous arias in all Italian opera as the story moves from tender moments of unbridled love to its ultimate powerful and tragic conclusion. The Russian State Opera of Siberia was formed in 1977 and flourished against the backdrop of a thriving cultural environment, attracting brilliant new talent and quickly establishing itself as a leading opera company both at home and abroad. The soloists are renowned for their vocal prowess and dramatic abilities, and are supported by a powerful chorus and orchestra.

NASA Mars Lander Prepares to Move Arm

The butterfly-like object in this picture is NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander as seen from above by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

On the heels of "Turandot", another Puccini opera has been adapted for the Chinese audience.

"Madame Butterfly" is based on a story by American writer John Luther Long, which Puccini later turned into an opera. It takes place a century ago in the city of Nagasaki. Pinkton, a lieutenant in the U.S. navy takes a 15-year-old geisha Cio-Cio-San as a bride and then abandons her.

Butterflies at record low after wet summer

Britain's butterfly numbers are at a record low after a wet summer last year, conservationists warned.

Patented Mechanical-Seal Design

's Hemiwedge Cartridge Valve features a patented mechanical-seal design for critical service applications. The valve utilizes aspects of ball valves, gate valves, and even triple-offset butterfly valves to protect the sealing surface during valve operation. A tapered hemispherical closure member (the hemi) rotates around a fixed core and wedges into a fixed seat to affect a mechanical seal. The closure member is rotated a quarter-turn by a valve stem, which may be operated manually with a wrench or gear operator or automatically with a pneumatic, hydraulic, or electric actuator. Unlike designs with a rotating ball or plug, the valve features a constant fixed core within the body to provide protection of the seating surfaces when the valve is opened, as well as minimizing turbulence as the valve is either opened or closed.

The 5-minute Interview: Julian Schnabel, Artist and film-maker

Julian Schnabel, 56, is from Brooklyn, New York. He won the director's award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and a Bafta for best adapted screenplay for his film 'The Diving Bell And the Butterfly', which is released on DVD next month.

British butterflies need summer boost

Butterflies do not fly in the rain, so it is impossible for them in wet weather to reach the nectar they need for food. The heavy rain also means they can't breed, the group Butterfly Conservation said Thursday.

British Butterflies Need Summer Boost

Butterflies do not fly in the rain, so it is impossible for them in wet weather to reach the nectar they need for food. The heavy rain also means they can't breed, the group Butterfly Conservation said Thursday.

Book Review of Bio-inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials: Strategies, Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

The synthesis of complex hierarchical inorganic materials in a process called biomineralization is very common in Nature. Biomineralization typically involves self-assembly of inorganic precursors with biomolecules and/or biomolecule-initiated nucleation and growth processes. This results in various biomaterials having complex structures, shapes, hybrid organic−inorganic or hybrid biomolecule−inorganic compositions, and, most of all, properties such as increased strength and hardness that are beneficial for the living organism. Examples of these include our own bones and teeth, the seashells of many sea organisms, and the colorful opals in butterfly wings. By mimicking these natural biomineralization processes, materials scientists, chemists, and biomedical engineers alike have synthesized complex synthetic hierarchical materials for

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