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Tag: Fly

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18Apr/17

Mystery of mosquito flight solved

April 18, 2017ScienceAerodynamics, Aerospace engineering, Animal flight, Animals, Arthropods, Articles, Bird behavior, Bird flight, DelFly, Fly, Haematophagy, HATFIELD, Hexapoda, Insect, Insect anatomy, Insect flight, Insects in culture, Mesozoic, Mosquito, Ornithopter, Oxford, Shed, Simon Walker, United Kingdom, Wingsmbale

A new study sheds light on how mosquitoes manage to fly breaking all the norms of flapping wings, and could inspire future aerodynamic innovations, including micro-scale flying tech.
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21Mar/17

Tiny predator is Top Gun of the insect world

March 21, 2017ScienceAgriculture, Asilidae, CAMBRIDGE'S DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY, Fly, Geological history of Earth, GONZALEZ-, Insect, Insects in culture, Mesozoic, minimal data processing, Neuroscience, Predation, Rice, Stuart McDill, TREVOR WARDILL, Triassic, Tropical agriculture, United Kingdomsmbale

A tiny fly, the size of a grain of rice, could be the Top Gun of the insect world after Cambridge scientists identified its remarkable ability to detect and intercept its prey mid-air, as Stuart McDill reports. Continue reading →