The team estimates transcription could provide the world with 67.5 terawatt-hours of electricity annually. Scientists make ...

While often called water lilies, they are not. Lotus (Nelumbo spp.) leaves and flowers are emergent or rise above the water's ...

In the Mekong Delta, farmers and locals still gather the flowers on wooden boats. Now, the ritual’s also become a photo op.

Devotees offer flowers and flower garlands to Hindu deities such as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth; Ganesha, the remover of ...

Discover the resilience of the lotus flower and its symbolism for overcoming challenges. Learn how it blooms in the muddiest of environments.

“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

There he saw a lovely girl standing near the water. "Who are you?" he gasped. Shimchong blushed. "My name is Shimchong," she said, "I am the lotus flower you love." The emperor at once understood ...

Though its roots are in the mud, the flower sits atop the water, clean and white. The story goes that the lotus arose from the navel of God Vishnu, with Brahma sitting at the centre of the flower.

Shenzhen Lotus Water Culture Base combines landscape design ... within a series of design elements that pay heed to the lotus flower emblematic of the park. This project has been longlisted ...