New recreational travel model to help states stop firewood assisted insect travel

The spread of damaging invasive forest pests is only partially powered by the insects' own wings. People moving firewood for camping can hasten and widen the insects' spread and resulting forest destruction. A new study gives state planners a tool for anticipating the most likely route of human-assisted spread they can use to enhance survey and public education efforts.

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Butterflies could hold key to probes that repair genes

New discoveries about how butterflies feed could help engineers develop tiny probes that siphon liquid out of single cells for a wide range of medical tests and treatments, according to researchers. The technology could be used for medical devices, nanobioreactors that make complex materials and flying "micro-air vehicles" the size of an insect. View the Original article

Antarctic midge's genome is smallest in insects to date: Bare-bones genome is adaptation to deep freeze

Scientists who sequenced the genome of the Antarctic midge suspect the genome’s small size -- the smallest in insects described to date -- can probably be explained by the midge’s adaptation to its extreme living environment. View the Original article

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