Potent spider toxin 'electrocutes' German, not American, cockroaches

Using spider toxins to study the proteins that let nerve cells send out electrical signals, researchers say they have stumbled upon a biological tactic that may offer a new way to protect crops from insect plagues in a safe and environmentally responsible way.

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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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