A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and ...

A tiny worm that leaps high into the air—up to 25 times its body length—to attach to flying insects uses static electricity ...

Microscopic parasitic worms use static electricity to pull themselves toward flying insects, turning physics into a powerful ...

For a recent paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers investigated the odd physics of a ...

Joe Louis of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was the featured speaker on a recent Center for Sorghum Improvement’s seminar ...

Researchers have discovered a microscopic roundworm that uses electrostatic induction to launch itself onto flying insects.

By studying how worms use electric charge to jump onto flies, scientists are showing even physical strategies are embedded in ...

As the world battles food insecurity, discover how South Africa's own Mopani worms are emerging as a superfood solution, ...

This incident came to light when the mother of a child checked the syrup before offering it to her children, only to be ...

According to folklore, the woolly worm is believed to have the ability to forecast the weather for the coming winter season.

The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...

From agriculture and urban land clearance to loss of habitat and feral animal predation, native wild animals and their food ...