In order to 3D-print really intricate items, you need a really fine print nozzle. Scientists have discovered that instead of ...

Engineers have turned one of nature’s most reviled body parts into a precision tool, using the hollow feeding tubes of dead ...

Researchers repurpose a mosquito’s proboscis for 3D necroprinting, offering a lower-cost and biodegradable alternative to ...

A mosquito has a very finely tuned proboscis that is excellent at slipping through your skin to suck out the blood beneath. Researchers at McGill University recently figured that the same biological ...

A mosquito has a very finely tuned proboscis that is excellent at slipping through your skin to suck out the blood beneath. Researchers at McGill University recently figured that the same biological ...

A Canadian research team has developed a technology that uses mosquito mouthparts to create ultra-fine nozzles for 3D printers. https://www.newscientist.com/article ...

The Kansai researches sought to mimic the proboscis' serration by fabricating a needle that copies the mosquito's mobile mouth parts. The needle is etched from silicon and has three parts that are ...

On one hand, it's extremely creepy to raise creatures simply to harvest specific body parts. But then on the other hand, factory farming is probably infinitely worse. Click to expand... I'm not ...

EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, 29 JANUARY 2024, 21:00 CET (20:00 LONDON TIME, 15:00 U.S. EASTERN TIME) Have you ever seen a hummingbird hawk moth? When people encounter this moth for the first time, they are ...

A research team from McGill University and Drexel University has transformed female mosquito feeding tubes into ...

Researchers in McGill's Department of Mechanical Engineering and at Drexel University have developed an innovative manufacturing technique that makes ...