Just about any other bug would have died ... “You can compress the shell without the yolk, or the organs, getting squished,” he said. Pressed from above, the exoskeleton would bow out slightly ...

An exoskeleton, in case you’re not familiar with the term, is a hard outer covering that helps support and protect the bug. “Molts are the insect ‘skin’ that cicadas shed or leave behind ...

Younger nymphs can survive somewhere between several days and several months without food ... to shed their exoskeleton and grow to their next stage of development. Bed bugs can only live in ...

Kisailus and his team mimicked the structure of the bug's exoskeleton using carbon fiber-reinforced plastics. The result was both stronger and tougher than current aerospace designs. "This study ...

In between each stage, they shed (or molt) their exoskeleton ... In this way, people can spread bed bugs to others, without even knowing it. The best way to stop the spread of bed bugs is to ...

Now scientists have figured out what makes its exoskeleton so tough — and that insight could help people build tougher aircraft. Nature is full of lessons for curious engineers. Consider the ...

1. Exoskeletons are heavy, even the lighter versions without calcium that insects have, comparative to bones (that can be very light, and still sturdy—think of birds, for example), not just ...

Popular Science contributing editor Brooke Borel suffered through bed bugs three times in New York ... stick to the outermost layer of the waxy exoskeleton. The moisture on the insect’s body ...