Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten, temporarily paralyzing their partners ...

Male octopuses paralyse partners with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, scientists find - Octopus uses symbiotic ...

Depending on the degree of the effects of the worms, animals fail to thrive, some become infertile and others will even abort ...

With midterms, papers due, and scheduling office hours, the biodiversity of the UVic campus invites students to be grounded ...

A team of researchers at EPFL’s School of Engineering and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems has created a ...

Unlike standard underwater devices that make use of loud and cumbersome propellers, this robot uses silent, propulsive fins that emulate marine flatworms. The robot weighs only six grams and is ...

A new ultra-light swimming robot mimics marine flatworms, using silent undulating fins for precise movement in tight aquatic spaces. It could revolutionize environmental monitoring and precision ...

A new bot addresses that issue by utilizing a swimming mechanism inspired by flatworms. Although marine flatworms generally stay on the seabed, they can swim through open water by undulating their ...

Breaking away from traditional propeller-based systems, this new robot propels forward with silently undulating fins that are inspired by the movements of marine flatworms. This novel design, coupled ...

Inspired by marine flatworms, the innovative device offers new possibilities for environmental monitoring and ecological research. Swimming robots play a crucial role in mapping pollution ...

Miniature electronics for autonomous operation Unlike traditional propeller-based systems, the EPFL robot uses silently undulating fins –inspired by marine flatworms – for propulsion.