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Even insects have a self-protective instinct Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 10-1 Hrs
Washington, Aug 10 Plant-dwelling insects drop to the ground to avoid being chewed by herbivores as they can sense the imminent danger on mammals' breath, a study has found.
| Insects can sense danger on mammals' breath Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 10-1 Hrs
Washington, Aug 10 Plant-eating mammals could easily gobble up some extra protein in the form of insects that happen to get in their way when they munch on plants. But insects have a strategy to help them avoid that dismal fate, a new study shows.
| Spanish police use insects to solve 150 cases Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 20-0 Hrs
When a murder or some other crime is committed, insects are the first to arrive at the crime scene, even before the police show up, and in Spain these small creatures have helped to solve 150 crimes over the past 10 years.
| Robots designed with insect instincts Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 29-1 Hrs
London, June 29 Making leaps in the field of artificial intelligence, an engineer has created a grasshopper-inspired jumping robot.
| Tiny insect brains capable of giant feats Saturday, June 12, 2010, 12-1 Hrs
Insects may have tiny brains the size of a pinhead, but latest research shows just how clever they really are.
| Using 'super sexed' male insects to control pest population Monday, June 07, 2010, 07-1 Hrs
Washington, June 7 Scientists are developing 'super-sexed' yet sterile male insects to copulate with female ones to control pests.
| Not an ordinary insect, it monitors FIFA World Cup Friday, May 14, 2010, 14-1 Hrs
Shillong, May 14 You are not the only one waiting impatiently for the 2010 FIFA World Cup to start at Johannesburg in South Africa June 11 -- a tiny insect in a remote corner of the earth is also expected to join the football frenzy!
| Godrej Sara Lee to set up insecticides plant in Nepal Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 17-1 Hrs
Godrej Sara Lee (GSLL), a joint venture between India's Godrej Group and the US' Sara Lee Corporation, is setting up a plant in Nepal to meet the growing demand for insecticides in the Himalayan republic.
| Migrating insects fly in the fast lane Tuesday, February 09, 2010, 09-1 Hrs
London, Feb 9 Migrating insects fly at heights where the wind currents are fastest, enabling them to undertake journeys of several thousands of kilometres in a shorter duration of time, research says.
| Insects inspire creation of walking robots Monday, January 18, 2010, 18-1 Hrs
London, Jan 18 Simple insects, which can crawl uphill or downhill with their six legs, have inspired scientists to invest robots with similar skills.
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