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All Articles Tagged As: insects
 | CSIRO scientist Dr. Tara Sutherland and her team have achieved another important milestone in the international quest to artificially produce insect silk. ...> Full Article |
 | Like silkworm moths, butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead on dry land. Now, University of Utah researchers have discovered why the fly's silk is sticky when wet and how that may make it valuable as an adhesive tape during surgery. ...> Full Article |
 | A team of researchers from the State University of Pennsylvania and the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid have developed a technique to replicate biological structures, such as butterfly wings, on a nano scale. The resulting biomaterial could be used to make optically active structures, such as optical diffusers for solar panels. ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers are one step closer to creating a micro-aircraft that flies with the maneuverability and energy efficiency of an insect after decoding the aerodynamic secrets of insect flight. ...> Full Article |
The National Science Foundation has awarded Clemson University researchers $2 million to study ways to mimic the suction mechanism used by butterflies and moths to feed so that the same method can be used in medical diagnostics. The research will help develop a new class of fiber-based devices capable of probing and transporting previously impossible-to-reach liquids, such as those drawn from a single cell or tissue.
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 | Iridescent green beetles could provide blueprint for light-reflecting materials ...> Full Article |
 | When bees collect nectar, how do they hold onto the flower? Cambridge University scientists have shown that it is down to small cone-shaped cells on the petals that act like Velcro on the bees' feet. ...> Full Article |
 | Humans have marveled for millennia at how water beads up and rolls off flowers, caterpillars and some insects, and how insects like water striders are able to walk effortlessly on water. University of Nebraska and RIKEN research into super hydrophobic properties provide hints to researchers to develop these abilities in things like micro-robots, self-cleaning fabrics and other surfaces. ...> Full Article |
 | From beetles to aircraft, nanoparticles aid microscope views ...> Full Article |
Propulsion technique harnesses natural pull of water's surface, similar to how beetle larvae move through water
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 | Researchers around the world are working on ultra-thin imaging systems based on the insect eye ...> Full Article |
 | The bombardier beetle is inspiring designers of engines, drug-delivery devices and fire extinguishers to improve spray technologies ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers studying honeybee brain for clues on how they learn and process smells ...> Full Article |
 | Natural flyers like birds, bats and insects outperform man-made aircraft in aerobatics and efficiency. University of Michigan engineers are studying these animals as a step toward designing flapping-wing planes with wingspans smaller than a deck of playing cards. ...> Full Article |
 | Ants are often considered nuisances, pests that are to be quickly eradicated and forgotten. ...> Full Article |
 | Designing better solar cells might seem a question of electronics or chemistry, but for one University of Florida engineer, it starts with bugs. ...> Full Article |
 | An amazing insect, which sprays its predators with toxic steam, has inspired research into a new generation of technology at the University of Leeds. ...> Full Article |
Insects make up more than half of the known animal species on our planet and they can be found in all kinds of habitat and feed on all kinds of nutrients. They can even be used in evidence in court cases. So we are talking about forensic entomology.
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