They then connected the antenna to a small ... According to Maoz and fellow researchers, in the animal world, insects excel at receiving and processing sensory signals. For example, they ...

Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans.

Insect antennae have olfactory receptors that detect odour molecules emanating from a food source, a potential mate, or a good place to lay eggs. If an insect's antennae are covered in particulate ...

Previously, the research team developed a bio-hybrid prototype using insect antennae electrodes for odor detection. However, that version had a major limitation – it could only detect scents ...

Saha and his colleagues then inserted electrodes into lobes of the brain that receive signals from the insects’ antennae, which they use to sense odors. The team also grew three different types ...

in the insect antennae. These nerve cells respond to more than one VOC based on the type of chemical. They use a combinatorial coding process of identification which gives as few as 50 ORNs the ...

the insects have: Fragile, drab damselflies Elongated bodies Four intricately veined wings mottled with browns and black Clubbed or curved antennae about as long as the combined head and thorax ...