The wings of cicadas and dragonflies are natural bacteria killers, inspiring scientists who are searching for new ways to defeat drug-resistant superbugs. They've now revealed how bioinspired ...

Dragonflies are a joy to watch as they hover, sprint, perch, chase each other and dart about – and also while they are ...

Insect wings represent a pivotal evolutionary innovation that has underpinned the remarkable radiation of the Insecta. This field, at the intersection of evolution and developmental biology (evo ...

For decades, researchers have tried to understand how insect wings evolved. It seemed that none of the proposed explanations was complete. Now the question may finally have been answered. Using data ...

Insects evolved their wings long before birds and bats, yet, we do not know how their wings evolved, said Courtney Clark-Hatchel (Miami ’12, Ph.D. ’18), first author of the paper. "Through searching ...

The insights gained from studying insect wing biomechanics have far-reaching implications for evolutionary biology, robotic design, and the development of micro-scale robots.

A tiny micro-robotic insect wing hangs off the front of a circuit board. The idea of being a “fly on the wall” in an enemy headquarters has been a goal of intelligence agencies for as long as ...

Mar 21, 2022: Bacteria-shredding insect wings inspire new antibacterial packaging (w/video) (Nanowerk News) Inspired by the bacteria-killing wings of insects like cicadas, scientists have developed a ...

The mosquito was tethered and could not freely move, but could still see, smell, and hear, while beating its wings as if it was flying. They conducted tests with dozens of male Anopheles coluzzii ...

Crane flies can be distinguished from mosquitoes not only by their larger size but also by their wings, which lack the scales found on mosquito wings. Luckily for us (and mosquitoes), they don't bite!

Research shows that insect accumulation on an aircraft’s laminar flow area and increase fuel consumption by 1.1% to 4.4% ...