Are insects drawn to light? New research shows it's confusion, not fatal attraction
Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply, inexorably drawn to bright lights.
Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply, inexorably drawn to bright lights.
Ecology
Jan 30, 2024
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Scientists often field check their findings, heading outside to see if computer models match with what is happening in the real world. But doing so is challenging when the field is two and a half miles up. Enter a new field ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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Using a suspended nanowire, a University of Massachusetts research team has, for the first time, created a tiny sensor that can simultaneously measure electrical and mechanical cellular responses in cardiac tissue, work promising ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 24, 2022
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Tel Aviv University's new and groundbreaking technology inspires hope among people who have lost their sense of touch in the nerves of a limb following amputation or injury. The technology involves a tiny sensor that is implanted ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 12, 2021
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Microstructure and macroscopic electro-mechanical properties are closely coupled in so-called ferroelectric polymers. An explanation for the high temperature dependence of this coupling has now been found at TU Wien.
Materials Science
Feb 8, 2021
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An international team involving Nottingham Trent University and The Australian National University (ANU) has developed a 3-D nanoparticle 'scaffold' which will be able to detect a very low concentration of dissolved molecules ...
Biochemistry
Dec 8, 2020
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For the cells in our bodies to function as a unit, they must communicate with one another constantly. They secrete signalling molecules—ions, proteins and nucleic acids—that are picked up by adjacent cells, which in turn ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 26, 2019
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Since the dawn of humankind, exploration of certain places, ranging from the depths of the oceans to the edges of the universe, has led to numerous discoveries. However, there are also several environments that need to be ...
Robotics
May 22, 2019
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Tiny sensors for measuring the Earth's space weather environment have launched today attached to a South Korean satellite.
Earth Sciences
Dec 5, 2018
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Researchers have developed a new flexible sensor with high sensitivity that is designed to perform variety of chemical and biological analyses in very small spaces. The sensor's small size means that it could potentially ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 15, 2018
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