Inspired by nature’s ingenious solutions, the field of bioinspired (bionic) materials seeks to emulate and surpass biological systems to create advanced ...

When we think of bees, we often think of flowers. The more flowers, the better, right? Well, not exactly. Like us, bees need ...

While humans must stay in the loop for kinetic decisions, empowering drones to operate autonomously is a force multiplier.

It all began in the spring of 2022, when Rachel Fordyce, then a laboratory technician in Cornell University's entomology department, noticed an anomalous presence of insects during her usual walk to ...

America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most. The closure comes at a critical moment for bees. In winter 2025, many beekeepers lost over half their ...

Bee-inspired drone navigation could change how tiny robots move through greenhouses, warehouses and disaster zones. By pairing rough motion estimates with learned visual memories, Bee-Nav guides ...

The White House got an unexpected buzz Friday when thousands of bees swarmed the North Lawn weeks after first lady Melania Trump added new bee colonies to the executive mansion grounds. Numerous black ...

Bee-Nav drone in a flower greenhouse. Drones in greenhouses can help monitor the crop, increasing agricultural yield and reducing waste.Delft University of Technology - Micro Aerial Vehicles Lab An ...

The soft ground of the dead in upstate New York is buzzing with swarms of the living—the largest group of ground-nesting bees ever recorded worldwide. “It’s a massive aggregation of bee nests,” says ...

Replicating the brain's capabilities, an impossible task, may theoretically require thousands of H100, one of NVIDIA's most powerful GPUs. At 700 watts per chip, we are looking at power consumption in ...

The woman, who is a beekeeper, was sentenced to six months after being convicted of using the bees as a weapon against deputies during a 2022 eviction. By Adeel Hassan The sheriff’s deputies were ...