Few people really like cockroaches, but they might just be of great help to medicine, scientists from the University of Nottingham suggests, after they found strong antibiotic properties in the brains of cockroaches and locusts.Researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science made this discovery, ... |
7 September 2010
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Cockroaches and similar insects may seem disgusting and disease-ridden to some people, but for scientists working in the field of robotics, they are the perfect source of inspiration. Most of the designs revolving around robotic locomotion are based on the way these creatures run. According to experts, millions of ye... |
8 June 2010
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Many scientists have been wondering how is it that cockroaches seem to flock to the best sources of food in the habitat they live in. When faced with multiple selections of food, the insect will always choose the best one, and researchers in the United Kingdom now believe they know how and why. The research group, ba... |
7 June 2010
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British researchers from the Imperial College London (ICL) have recently developed the first three-dimensional representation of one of the earliest ancestors of the modern cockroach. The 3D “visual fossil model” features an exquisite level of detail, and is published in the April 13 issue of the esteemed... |
14 April 2010
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Lately, more and more research groups around the world have been turning to Mother Nature when it comes to seeking inspiration in a wide variety of fields of research. These range from nanotechnology to robotics, and they all seem to be benefiting very much from this approach. Just recently, experts at the Oregon Sta... |
29 December 2009
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