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Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Video on new study from Columbia engineers and Harvard biologists who have found that butterflies have specialized behaviors and wing scales to protect the living parts of their wings; nanostructures found in the wing scales could inspire the design of radiative-cooling materials to help manage excessive heat conditions; sensory network in the wings could inspire the design of advanced flying machines.

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Nanfang Yu and Jane Nisselson/Columbia Engineering

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