A 301 mg soft robot jumps continuously under constant light without batteries or electronics, using snap-through buckling and self-shadowing to create an autonomous feedback loop. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

Image: Neelus sikkimensis (Left), and Paraparatrechina ali (Right, top), Paraparatrechina sohryngkham (Right, Bottom), Credits: Authors, https://doi.org/10.51963/jers ...

The small brown dots seen on the fruit are likely puncture marks in which fruit flies have laid their eggs. This can damage fruit and cause them to be aborted prematurely. Bag the fruit up to prevent ...

Inspired by these agile hexapods, researchers at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have built a robot that not only walks but also jumps, redefining the ...

You may not know what a springtail is but man, those little things can jump! Scientists have now copied the creatures' jumping mechanism in a small robot that could one day explore places that people ...

Globular springtails (Dicyrtomina minuta) are small bugs about five millimetres long that can be seen crawling through leaf litter and garden soil. While they do not have wings and cannot fly, they ...

As spring approaches in West Michigan, snow fleas, or springtails, are becoming more noticeable. These small, velvet-like insects appear on the snow's surface as it melts, particularly along the ...

The Harvard Ambulatory Microrobot modified with its springtail-inspired jumping mechanism. Credit: Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory Scientists at Harvard have developed a tiny, springtail-inspired ...

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have unveiled a micro-robot that mimics the extraordinary leaping abilities of springtails—tiny ...

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes the ...

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of ...

Selected from a record-breaking 59,228 entries from 117 countries and territories, the winners of the Natural History Museum's prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were revealed ...