Who is the beetle that can fold its delicate wings into an origami shape, keeping them safely tucked away as it scampers through dirt and debris? Scientists have long been fascinated by the intricate ...

Bug-sized spy planes may sound like science fiction, but undergraduate student Ryan George hopes that his research will help make them a reality. With Professor Scott Thomson, George is researching ...

Folding components are becoming a hallmark of drones made for pilots on the move. Portability is one thing, but the time needed to unpack the aircraft and set it in flight can be an equally important ...

Beetles don’t have more than two sets of wings — unless they’re in Yoshinori Tomoyasu’s lab. In research recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Tomoyasu and his ...

(Nanowerk News) Engineers have long sought to unlock the secrets behind insects' uncanny flight abilities and agility in hopes of creating a new class of tiny yet capable flying robots. These flapping ...

Tinius Olsen has been supporting the London South Bank University School of Engineering in testing a unique one way hinge developed from the wings of insects. This new discovery from the wings of a ...

For this study, Tomoyasu and his colleagues edited the genes of the Tribolium beetle so that it would partially grow a wing on its abdomen — a place beetles don’t usually have wings. As a result, they ...

An amber collector in Germany has spotted the ancient remains of a beetle never before seen in the fossil record. MicroCT scans and other images revealed narrow bodies, a shiny brown exterior and two ...

One of the largest and strongest beetles in the world hardly seems the best inspiration for a delicate flying microbot. But using slow-motion cameras to capture the critters in flight, an ...