The diversity of water strider species apparently developed as early as the Cretaceous period, much earlier than previously ...

Abstract: Inspired by water gerridae's microwave detection ability, this study developed a miniature portable sensor, a biomimetic water wave sensor (BWS) based on flexible polyvinylidene fluoride ...

Ripple bugs’ fan-like legs inspired engineers to build the Rhagobot, a tiny robot with self-morphing fans. By mimicking these insects’ passive, ultra-fast movements, the robot gains speed, control, ...

I Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, CCS, bloco A, sala 107, Cidade Universitária, ...

A collaborative team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Ajou University in South Korea has revealed that the unique fan-like ...

The benthic fauna has an important role in the trophic chain of limnic environments, serving as food for fishes and crustaceans. This work aimed to identify and compare, quantitative and qualitatively ...

New research out of the University of Waterloo led to the creation of tiny robots controlled by light to provide environmental and biomedical applications. Dr. Hamed Shahsavan, a Department of ...

What if robots could swim, steer, and think like insects? Learn how light-controlled microbots could change how we tackle pollution and medical challenges. Bioinspired design of a self-propelled shape ...

Inspired by the movement of insects gliding on the surface of water, University of Waterloo researchers have designed tiny robots controlled by light, offering promising possibilities for ...

Hyderabad: The twin reservoirs of the Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar are home to several species of creepy crawlies, an affirmation of the city's rich faunal diversity. However, the changing pattern of ...

The team, based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, were testing out a theory about how one family of foraging insects performs the same trick. Previous theories put forward ...