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Forget butterflies and bees, box like an ant Posted: 10 Feb 2016 11:27 AM PST Boxer Muhammad Ali famously declared his intent to 'float like a butterfly and sting like a bee,' but perhaps boxers should look to another type of insect for inspiration: the trap-jaw ant. In a new study, entomologists measured the speed at which different species of trap-jaw ants strike one another during antenna-boxing bouts. |
Native grass could be key to super-thin condoms Posted: 09 Feb 2016 07:11 PM PST Working in partnership with Aboriginal traditional owners of the Camooweal region in north-west Queensland, the Indjalandji-Dhidhanu People, researchers have developed a method of extracting nanocellulose -- which can be used as an additive in latex production -- from the grass. |
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