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Biology: Zoology Environmental: General
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How insects track odors by navigating microscale winds - How Insects Navigate Microscale Winds to Track Odors      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Insects use odor plumes -- which travel like smoke and form when the wind blows odor molecules from ...

Energy: Alternative Fuels
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Scientists develop insect-sized flying robots with flapping wings - Scientists Develop Insect-Sized Flying Robots with Flapping Wings      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new drive system for flapping wing autonomous robots has been developed, using a new method of ele...

Engineering: Nanotechnology
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Preventing vehicle crashes by learning from insects - Preventing Vehicle Crashes by Learning from Insects      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Despite only about 25% of car travel happening after dark, almost half of fatal accidents occur at n...

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Air pollution particles may be cause of dramatic drop in global insect numbers      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers report that an insect's ability to find food and a mate is reduced when their antennae a ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: General Biology: Microbiology Biology: Zoology
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Surprise discovery of tiny insect-killing worm      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists have discovered a tiny worm species that infects and kills insects. These worms, called n ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Botany Ecology: Endangered Species Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Hemp cannabinoids may have evolved to deter insect pests      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Cannabinoids, naturally occurring compounds found in hemp plants, may have evolved to deter pests fr...

Biology: Botany Biology: General Ecology: Invasive Species Ecology: Nature Ecology: Trees Environmental: Ecosystems
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Canopy gaps help eastern hemlock outlast invasive insect      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Creating physical gaps in the forest canopy give eastern hemlocks more access to resources and help...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: General Biology: Zoology
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The sweet stuff: How insects tell sugars apart      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Whereas humans have one receptor on their tongues that can detect all sorts of sweet things, from re...

Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Super-fast insect urination powered by the physics of superpropulsion - Super-Fast Insect Urination Powered by the Physics of Superpropulsion      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Tiny insects known as sharpshooters excrete by catapulting urine drops at incredible accelerations. ...