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Mosquitoes learn to avoid pesticides after just one non-lethal dose

17 February 2022

Experiments show that two species of mosquitoes change their behaviour after exposure to five common pesticides, which could make the chemicals less effective
Diabolical ironclad beetle

Near-uncrushable beetle's exoskeleton could inspire tough structures

21 October 2020

The diabolical ironclad beetle is almost uncrushable thanks to two newly discovered features of its exoskeleton. Mimicking these could help us build tougher structures

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