The way that an earwig insect folds its wings could be applied to how engineers preprogram technology to perform certain tasks, according to research published on March 23 in the journal Science. The ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The way that an earwig insect folds its wings could be applied to how engineers preprogram technology to perform certain tasks, according to research published on March 23 in ...

To find out more about how the system works, the insect wing was subjected to finite element analysis, which models the behavior of a system's individual components, then builds up more ...

Although there are many insects with wings that fold down beneath covers when not in use, the earwig's wings fold the most compactly. Scientists have now copied that folding mechanism, with an eye ...

Scientists have figured out how ladybugs fold their wings by transplanting a transparent artificial wing onto the insect and observing its underlying folding mechanism. The study's findings, which ...

Ladybird beetle wings fold themselves into a tidy package after flight, ... May 19, 2017. Wing Windows Reveal Insect Origami. Ladybird beetle wings fold themselves into a tidy package after flight ...

Researchers discovered several possibly threatened new species of ensign wasps from Sub-Saharan Africa -- the first known insects to exhibit transverse folding of the fore wing. The scientists ...

The insects’ springy wing joints are inspiring robotics design WINGING IT Earwigs don’t normally reveal their wings, but the folded-up appendages unfurl on demand and lock into place until ...

WINGING IT Ladybugs fold up their wings when they land.To view that process, scientists replaced part of a ladybug’s red-and-black wing case with a transparent resin. Kazuya Saito 2017 ...