In 1984, honeybees traveled aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger for a unique student experiment. These bees successfully ...
NASA's 1984 honeybee experiment sent 3,300 bees into space to test comb-building without gravity. The bees built about 200 sq ...
Repetitive DNA near chromosome centers forms a unique barcode for partner recognition. This barcode guides chromosomes to ...
Australian researchers developed an AI robot named Fletch to help trainee teachers. Fletch simulates difficult parent ...
The honeycomb is probably the most cited example of mathematics in nature. Rows of near-identical hexagonal cells, walls meeting at consistent angles, packed with no wasted space — and produced by an ...
A new study examines how bees adapt to build honeycombs on top of various 3D-printed foundations. Golnar Gharooni-Fard Honeycombs are marvels of engineering—the bees that create them will work ...
Honeybees are nature’s tiny workers. Their fuzzy yellow and black striped bodies buzz between flowers, picking up pollen for their hives. They’re renowned for making honeycomb, a mass of hexagonal ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WISH) — Australian stingless bees are providing unexpected inspiration for engineers and designers, thanks to their uniquely structured honeycombs that defy traditional vertical ...
Ever wonder how bees make all those hexagons in their honeycombs? It’s not one wall at a time, which might be your first guess. Need a hint? The holes in the honeycomb don’t actually start out as ...