After males of the orb-weaving spider Philoponella prominens mate with a female, they quickly launch themselves away, researchers report. Using a mechanism that hadn't been described before, the male ...
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found that vibrating molecules can launch electrons across solar cell materials in as little as 18 femtoseconds, a finding that could reshape how ...
Certain orb-weaving spiders have developed a catapult-like mechanism to spring to safety and avoid sexual cannibalism, an international research team reports April 25 in Current Biology. Hubei ...