Nanfang Yu's Research Featured in the News

Recent research from Prof. Nanfang Yu and collaborators, originally published in Nature Communications, has been picked up by numerous media outlets.

• Of Wings and Wavelengths, The Optical Society, January 2020
• Beating the heat in the living wings of butterflies, Phys.org, Jan. 28, 2020
• Beating the heat in the living wings of butterflies, Science Daily, Jan. 28, 2020
• Scientists find living cells beneath scales of butterfly wings, UPI, Jan. 28, 2020
• Butterfly wings are alive and double as hi-tech sensors, ZME Science, Jan. 28, 2020
• Scientists find living cells beneath scales of butterfly wings, Terra Daily, Jan. 28, 2020
• Nanostructures and Living Cells in Butterfly Wings Could Inspire Radiative-Cooling Materials & Advanced Flying Machines, Daily Trend, Jan. 28, 2020
• How and why butterflies keep their wings cool, Cosmos Magazine, Jan. 29, 2020
• Entomology – There is more to a butterfly’s wing than meets the eye, Luxxr, Jan. 30, 2020
• With Butterfly Wings, There’s More Than Meets The Eye, Science Friday, Jan. 31, 2020
• Why all those butterflies are so cool right now, Times Select, Jan. 31, 2020
• There is more to a butterfly’s wing than meets the eye, The Economist, Feb. 1, 2020
• These infrared images show just how alive butterflies’ wings are, Popular Science, Feb. 5, 2020
• These infrared images show just how alive butterflies’ wings are, MSN, Feb. 5, 2020
• How thin, delicate butterfly wings keep from overheating, Science News, Feb. 10, 2020
• Living Nanostructure Cells in Butterfly Wings Help Regulate Temperature; Scientists Hope This Inspires Thermal Use in Human Technologies, Cody Courier, Feb. 10, 2020
• Thermal Imaging Lets Researchers See Beyond the Surface of Butterfly Wings, Flir, Feb. 11, 2020
• The science behind butterfly wings and how they don't overheat, NewsDio, Feb. 11, 2020
• Luminous Infrared Images Show That Butterfly Wings Have Hearts, Buzzworthy, Feb. 12, 2020
• Cool Butterfly Effect: Insect Equipment Could Inspire Heat-Radiating Tech, Scientific American, Feb. 18, 2020
• Cool Butterfly Impact: Insect Apparatus May Encourage Warmth-Radiating Tech, Periodical 360, Feb. 18, 2020

Original publication:
Cheng-Chia Tsai, Richard A. Childers, Norman Nan Shi, Crystal Ren, Julianne N. Pelaez, Gary D. Bernard, Naomi E. Pierce & Nanfang Yu. Physical and behavioral adaptations to prevent overheating of the living wings of butterflies. Nat Commun 11, 551 (2020).  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14408-8