ADELAIDE, Australia — Move over, Neil Armstrong. The real space pioneer might just be a tiny insect with a ball of poop. The dung beetle’s galactic guidance system is launching a new era in navigation ...
Insects have evolved remarkably efficient strategies for navigation and foraging, employing a combination of innate behaviours and learned experiences to traverse complex environments. Their ...
Insect neurobiology offers profound insights into how relatively compact nervous systems address complex navigational challenges. Central to these advances is the characterisation of specialised ...
Figure 1. (A) Vision in a fast-eyed insect. Reflected light from swiftly moving objects sequentially stimulates the photoreceptors along the individual optical channels called ommatidia, of which the ...
The journal Advanced Materials recently published a study introducing a new method for monitoring molecular processes deep within tissue. Developed at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, the ...
An organic synapse array enables night vision and pattern recognition in insect robots by detecting near-infrared light and triggering real-time motor responses. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Insect-scale ...
This Australian moth may be the 1st insect ever discovered to use stars for long-distance navigation
"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try." Stand outside one spring night in southeastern Australia and you may be able to witness ...
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