“That makes sense because modern humans moved out of caves about 60,000 years ago,” added study co-author and Virginia Tech ...

From fleas to mosquitoes, there's no shortage of organisms we like to consider pests – and, not surprisingly, the majority ...

Ever since a few enterprising bed bugs hopped off a bat and attached themselves to a Neanderthal walking out of a cave 60,000 ...

The researchers found that, unlike the bat lineage of bed bugs, the human lineage grew dramatically around 13,000 and 7,000 ...

Common bedbugs experienced a dramatic jump in population size about 13,000 years ago, around the time humans congregated in the first cities.

The main contributions of this article are the developments of a controllable magnetorheological fluid (MRF) exoskeleton and a fast-response magnetorheological elastomer-SMA artificial muscle as ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel underactuated coupled adaptive hand exoskeleton, called UCAS-Hand, which is designed to assist users with weak muscle strength to complete the operation of daily ...

You've probably heard of both, but what are the crucial differences between a bedbug vs. cockroach? Though the smallest roach ...

I bet that headline wasn't on your bingo card this week. Researchers at the University of Osaka have equipped cyborg insects ...

The system uses a small ultraviolet (UV) light helmet to steer cockroaches by taking advantage of their natural tendency to avoid bright light, especially in the UV range. This method not only ...

You don’t need synthetic pesticides. Make Earth-friendly alternatives that are safe to use on plants in your outdoor AND ...