Tarantulas might be an arachnophobe's greatest fear – but who could resist the power of an electric blue tarantula ... to scientists why species like the cobalt and electric blue tarantulas ...

As a result, scientists, including Peng Jiang and colleagues, are searching for alternative pigments that require fewer cobalt ions and still maintain a bright blue hue. The team based their new ...

Whether ultramarine, cerulean, Egyptian or cobalt, blue pigments have colored artworks for centuries. Now, seemingly out of the blue, scientists have discovered a new blue pigment that uses less ...