Surfaces inspired by cicada wings and mosquito eyes have antifogging properties. A team of scientists from France and the US has created surfaces that mimic these natural systems, in an attempt to ...

Media coverage can often be the push that helps research make a splash. Well, this week’s Newscripts is a little late to that particular party. Andrew Dickerson’s research into what happens to water ...

Learn how tight clustering helps Madagascar’s hissing cockroaches conserve water during dry spells, offering new insight into ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

For the first time, researchers have made a miniature robot that can jump on water by launching itself into mid-air from the water’s surface — without causing a single splash. The achievement, ...

If you’re lost out in the wild, finding a source of drinkable water is one of your number one priorities. These four pesky little bugs might actually save your life. There are a lot of ways to look ...

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The volume of salt waters of the world is more than 10,000 times the highly fragmented volume of inhabitable fresh waters, yet the latter has come to support a rich and euryokous fauna. In making the ...

BOSTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) --Skinny-legged insects that quietly skate and jump across the surface of the water, called "water striders," were the inspiration for a newly designed robot, developed by ...

BEIJING, Oct. 19 (UPI) --Scientists have long struggled to study the floating gait of the water strider. How do the delicate insects walk on water? Boats float by displacing water. As the Greek ...

Bats such as the common noctule consume pest insects over intensively managed arable land and thereby support sustainable ...

Walking into your kitchen and finding tiny invaders marching across your counters can turn the heart of your home into a ...