Insect cyborgs may sound like science fiction, but it's a relatively new phenomenon based on using electrical stimuli to control the movement of insects. These hybrid insect computer robots, as they ...

(Nanowerk News) Insect cyborgs may sound like something straight out of the movies, but hybrid insect computer robots, as they are scientifically called, could pioneer a new future for robotics. It ...

Biologists have discovered that insects recover from chill-coma by getting water and salt back where it belongs. These findings not only identify the very mechanisms that drive insect movement at low ...

A Korea-led research team has discovered the agility principles of ripple bugs to develop the world's first uber-small aquatic robot to mimic such movement. The Ministry of Science and ICT on Aug. 22 ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In September 2016, the U.S. government began soliciting proposals from private companies interested in genetically modifying insects for ...

In an unusual test of a conservation strategy called wildlife corridors, strips of habitat boosted insect movement, plant pollination, and seed dispersal among patches of the same ecosystem. Theory ...

Adaptability explains why insects spread so widely and why they are the most abundant animal group on earth. Insects exhibit resilient and flexible locomotion, even with drastic changes in their body ...