Posts Tagged ‘color’
Milky Way is ‘white as snow’
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — The most accurate determination yet of the color of the Milky Way galaxy finds it is pure white—”almost mirroring a fresh spring snowfall,” astrophysicists say. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Jan 11, 2012 10:48 - 0 Comments
Kids got broccoli blues? Add more color
CORNELL (US) — Parents of picky eaters take note: Children are most attracted to plates that have a wide variety of foods and colors. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 21, 2011 11:26 - 0 Comments
True colors of moths 47 million years ago
YALE (US) — Scientists have for the first time determined the original colors of an ancient moth, based on nearly 50 million-year-old fossils from Germany. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 23, 2011 10:53 - 4 Comments
Birds see colors invisible to humans
YALE (US) — Birds’ plumage has changed from dull to brilliant over millions of years, but the bright hues humans see are only a fraction of what birds see. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 3, 2011 11:06 - 3 Comments
For a boost of speed, see red
U. ROCHESTER (US) — The color red can give you a quick jolt of energy, making you quicker and stronger. But researchers say the boost may come at a cost. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 16, 2010 17:11 - 3 Comments
What color is your rainbow? It depends
VANDERBILT (US) — A brain area known to play a critical role in vision is divided into compartments that respond separately to different colors and orientations. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 2, 2010 11:44 - 7 Comments
Ladies go gaga over guys in red
U. ROCHESTER (US)—Simply wearing the color red—or being bordered by the rosy hue—makes a man more attractive and sexually desirable to women, a new study finds. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 10, 2010 18:15 - 0 Comments
How retina’s hardware processes color
NYU (US)—Biologists have identified, in greater detail, how the retina’s cellular hardware is used in color preference. The work enhances our understanding of how eyes and the brain process color. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 4, 2010 16:16 - 0 Comments
Feathered dinosaur in full color
YALE (US)—Scientists have uncovered the vibrant colors that adorned a feathered dinosaur extinct for 150 million years by deciphering microscopic clues hidden within fossils. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 2, 2009 18:10 - 0 Comments
Color plays musical chairs in the brain
U. CHICAGO (US)—What happens in the brain when a color loses the object to which it is linked—for instance, a pink flamingo or blue lake? For the first time, researchers have shown that instead of disappearing along with the lost object, the color latches onto a region of some other object in view, a finding that reveals a new basic property of sight. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 6, 2009 12:49 - 0 Comments
Applying math to color our world
A. Kimball Romney’s recent research led to a mathematical visualization of cone photo receptor sensitivities. His work could advance efforts to display uniform, high-quality color in a variety of fields. (Credit: Daniel A. Anderson)
Science & Technology - Apr 3, 2009 8:46 - 0 Comments
Feather color linked to structures similar to beer foam
YALE (US)—Most colors in nature—from the color of our skin to the green of trees—are produced by pigments. But the bright blue feathers found in many birds, such as Bluebirds and Blue Jays, are instead produced by nanostructures. Under an electron microscope, these tiny structures—similar to beer foam—look like sponges. (more…)
