It’s not very common that a robot the size of a paper clip is able to do ten flips in eleven seconds and keep on course within five centimeters, says Markus Waibel of Waibel Robotics in Zurich. But ...
In fields, forests, and backyard gardens, insects are quietly at work securing ecosystems and global supply chains. Over 75 percent of all flowering plants, including many fruits, vegetables, and nuts ...
A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and biologists at Emory and Berkeley. By generating opposite charges, the worm and ...
Mathematicians have solved a physics puzzle using backyard sprinklers. Experiments with silly sprinklers clarified how ...
Insect flight demands a finely tuned balance between heat production, heat loss and energy expenditure. Unlike larger vertebrates, many insects rely on a combination of behavioural strategies, ...
A new study in PLOS Biology of 133 species of flies, mosquitoes and their relatives shows that most species fly in ...
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