First new butterfly species identified since 2016
The "Stanley Cup of entomology" has been won by a U of M biologist.
Plants & Animals
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Toward urban air mobility: Air taxis with side-by-side rotors
In this high-resolution visualization of NASA's side-by-side, intermeshing rotor air taxi concept, researchers are working to understand complex rotor air flow interactions, simulated using high-fidelity computational fluid ...
Engineering
Nov 16, 2018
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Researchers share drone expertise to help Guatemalans better prepare for volcanic eruptions
A team of scientists and engineers from the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol have returned from Guatemala where they have been teaching local scientists how to use drones to map the Fuego volcano which violently erupted ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 9, 2018
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Unique study shows how bats manoeuvre
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in directly measuring the aerodynamics of flying animals as they manoeuvre in the air. Previously, the upstroke of the wings was considered relatively insignificant compared ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2018
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Why don't birds fall over when they jump?
Scientists have been analysing the way birds jump when they take-off to help us understand why they simply don't just fall over when attempting to fly.
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2018
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New study may provide clues to how birds began to fly
For the first time, researchers have measured what is known as the ground effect of flying animals—and it turns out that they save a lot more energy by flying close to the ground than previously believed. The study from ...
Ecology
Oct 19, 2018
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Opening communication lines between propulsion and airflow poses new questions
On the runway to more fuel-efficient aircraft, one alternative propulsion scheme being explored is an array of electrically powered ducted fans. The fans are distributed across the wing span or integrated into the wing. Researchers ...
Engineering
Oct 11, 2018
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Ants regulate growth of seemingly 'useless' organ to make huge soldiers
Scientists at McGill have found the answer to a question that perplexed Charles Darwin. So much so, that it actually led him to doubt his own theory of evolution. He wondered, if natural selection works at the level of the ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 10, 2018
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How dragonfly wings get their patterns
Harvard researchers have developed a computational model that can mimic, with only a few, simple parameters, the complex wing patterns of a large group of distantly-related insects, shedding light on how these patterns form.
Evolution
Sep 17, 2018
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Pigments in butterfly wings lead scientists to colorful conclusions
A study of the pigment molecules that give color to the wings of butterflies, led by two City College of New York professors and two former students, was published in the science journal PLOS ONE.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2018
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