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Studying butterfly flight to help build bug-size flying robots

To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how butterflies ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Chemical treatment for colony collapse disorder temporarily worsens viral infections in honeybees

(PhysOrg.com) -- Acaricide, a chemical used against Varroa mites that infect honeybees, appears to render bees more susceptible to deformed wing virus infections, according to research published in the January issue of the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Deadly fly parasite spotted for first time in honey bees

Honey bees can become the unwitting hosts of a fly parasite that causes them to abandon their hives and die after a bout of disoriented, "zombie-like" behavior, San Francisco State University researchers have ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

New raptor dinosaur takes a licking keeps on ticking

Raptor dinosaurs like the iconic Velociraptor from the movie franchise Jurassic Park are renowned for their "fear-factor." Their terrifying image has been popularized in part because members of this group possess a greatly ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineering a new face after injury

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, surgeons face many limitations when it comes to helping a patient who suffers from a severe craniofacial injury, or an injury pertaining to the skull and the face. Most often a result ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Microstructure-induced biomechanical responses of dragonfly wing veins

Wang's research team discovered the sandwich microstructure of dragonfly wing veins1 and recently revealed the organic junction between these longitudinal veins and membranes of the dragonfly wing2. Based on observed mic ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Plants that can move inspire new adaptive structures

The Mimosa plant, which folds its leaves when they're touched, is inspiring a new class of adaptive structures designed to twist, bend, stiffen and even heal themselves. University of Michigan researchers ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Secrets of dinosaur footprints revealed, thanks to Goldilocks

(PhysOrg.com) -- Terrain thought to be ruled by only the largest dinosaurs to inhabit the earth could have in fact been home to dozens of other creatures, ground-breaking research from The University of Manchester ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Prehistoric bird used club-like wings as weapon

Long before the knights of medieval Europe wielded flails or martial artists brandished nunchucks, it appears that a flightless prehistoric bird used its own wings as a similar type of weapon in combat.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Movement and threat of RNA viruses widespread in pollinator community

Penn State researchers have found that native pollinators, like wild bees and wasps, are infected by the same viral diseases as honey bees and that these viruses are transmitted via pollen. Their research published on December ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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