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IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
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Cyborg Moth Gets a New Radio The latest research at ISSCC advances the goal of turning insects into unmanned air vehicles   |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2005
Rafal Zbikowski |
Fly like a Fly The common housefly executes exquisitely precise and complex aerobatics with less computational might than an electric toaster. Several groups have succeeded in building electronic sensors that mimic the fly's vision and other flight control apparatus. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2008
Robert Wood |
Fly, Robot Fly Whether as rescue robot or flying spy, this micro-aerial vehicle could change how we look at the common housefly |
Outside
January 2008
Megan Miller |
The Cyborgs Are Coming! The government's latest biotech robot is a stealthy, sweater-eating spy. |
Technology Research News
February 12, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Butterflies offer lessons for robots Researchers from Oxford University in England have devised a method of studying the way butterflies fly, and their initial results show that the insects have many more tricks of flight than they get credit for. |
PC Magazine
October 2, 2007
John Brandon |
Future Watch: This Room is Bugged For the most covert spy operations, the U.S. government is planning to create cyborg insects with micro-scopic sensors, video surveillance cameras, and global positioning systems to aid the Department of Defense. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2008
Susan Hassler |
Winged Victory: Fly-Size Wing Flapper Lifts Off The hope is to build robotic flies that could work in any situation in which it would be better or safer to send them instead of humans. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2008
Sandra Upson |
Behold the Flying Robots Whether as rescue robot or flying spy, this micro-aerial vehicle could change how we look at the common housefly |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009 |
Can Digital Tech and Insects Replace Cadaver-Sniffing Dogs? Forensic scientists work with law enforcement to locate and identify corpses at crime scenes and they need new chemical, biological, and digital methods when the old ones are not practical. |
Chemistry World
September 2010 |
Repulsive chemistry Simon Hadlington discovers why some people get bitten by more insects than others, and how new chemical deterrents are helping fight them off |
Smithsonian
November 2006
Eric Jaffe |
Unwelcome Guests A team of researchers has discovered a pattern in the gypsy moth's advance that might go a long way toward curbing the American invasion -- a battle that has cost roughly $200 million in the past 20 years. |
Food Processing
February 2010
Dave Fusaro |
Plan Now for This Summer's Pests Old pest management solutions are being phased out; new technologies are arriving. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2010
Virginia Hughes |
Glimpsing Inside a Moving Fruit Fly's Brain Vivek Jayaraman wants to capture, in real time, how the fly's brain responds to a changing environment. Ultimately, he hopes to uncover very basic patterns -- "algorithms" -- of fly brain activity that hold true in more complex brains including, presumably, ours. |
Chemistry World
June 1, 2011
Sarah Houlton |
Fooling mosquito CO2 sensors to tackle malaria Research by scientists at the University of California Riverside, US, could pave the way for novel insect repellents to tackle the spread of deadly tropical diseases. |
Reactive Reports
David Bradley |
Chemical Mask Deters Mosquitoes If you are one of those people who suffer from insect bites when others seem to swat them away without a care, you can no longer claim that it is the sweeter-smell of your blood. You may lack a chemical, or blend of chemicals, instead. |
Chemistry World
June 23, 2015
Ida Emilie Steinmark |
Fruity alternative to toxic insecticides A compound found in fruit could be the safe insect repellent of the future, according to a group of scientists from the University of California, Riverside in the US. |
Popular Mechanics
January 11, 2010
Murray Carpenter |
How Micro-Transmitters Help Solve Nature's Riddles In recent years, electronic transmitters have become miniaturized enough to fit on even the most diminutive creatures. |
Science News
September 11, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Flight of the Bumblebee The myth persists that science says a bumblebee can't fly... Puzzle of the Week... |
Chemistry World
November 5, 2008
James Mitchell Crow |
Caterpillars fight off ants with surfactant spit Caterpillars and related bugs can fight off insect predators by vomiting a surfactant solution over unwitting attackers, scientists have found. |
Chemistry World
July 2006
John Bonner |
Insect Detectives Chemists and biologists are harnessing the powerful sense of smell that insects possess to devise applications from detecting rotten tomatoes to controlling one of the deadliest diseases in Africa. |
Popular Mechanics
June 26, 2009
Kyle Roerink |
6 Wildest Bug Zappers You Can Buy Now Assuming that you're not buying a zapper for the sheer pleasure of watching a bug explode, there are many alternatives to buying an electric zapper. |
Chemistry World
August 28, 2008
Victoria Gill |
Floral scents trick pollinators Flowers make a finely tuned mix of scents that attract birds and insects but also repel them in time to stop all their nectar being taken by a single pollinator, according to a new study by researchers in Germany. |
BusinessWeek
January 16, 2006
Arlene Weintraub |
Much Ado Over "Lethal Genes" As scientists prepare genetically engineered bugs that could wipe out pest species, environmentalists raise the alarm about unforeseen consequences |
| Science News |
Book Review: Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects As Weapons Of War By Jeffrey A. Lockwood "Six-Legged Soldiers" is a fascinating account of the many ways that scientists and military strategists have used insects to torture, starve and kill targets. |
Chemistry World
April 15, 2010
Hepeng Jia |
Shanghai braces for chemical restrictions Restrictions on chemical transportation and use during an enormous cultural exposition - that is hoping to attract 70 million visitors to Shanghai, China - are due to hit the region's chemical sector in coming weeks. |
Information Today
May 3, 2010 |
EPA Releases New Chemical Toxicity Database This database allows scientists and the interested public to search and download thousands of toxicity testing results on hundreds of chemicals. ToxRefDB captures 30 years and $2 billion of testing results. |
Fast Company
June 2006
Lucas Conley |
Undercover Bedbugs? The latest in soldiery: a menagerie of robo-animals. Robolobster... Insect... Snoopy... |
Chemistry World
June 8, 2009
Jon Cartwright |
Green method to kill termites Researchers in the US have come up with a cheap, environmentally friendly way to kill termites and other pests. |
Science News
January 4, 2003 |
TimeLine: December 31 Six colors mix in water at base of capitol... Scientists discover how tuberculosis germs multiply... Ultraviolet light reveals strange world to insect eyes |
