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Circular Linear Motor Becomes A Micro Motor Raceway

Author: Brian Benchoff / Source: Hackaday Over on Hackaday.io we have a lot of people playing around with the possibilities presented by cheap printed circuit boards. Whether that means making a quadcopter from fiberglass or a speaker from etched copper, we’ve seen just about everything. Now,

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Ants were among the world’s first farmers

Author: Laurel Hamers / Source: Science News Fungus farmers Finding the chemical basis for the close association between the Attine ants, inhabiting an area extending from Argentina to the southern United States, and the fungus they culture is the aim of research … by Prof. Michael M. Martin of

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So-Called Lazy Ants Are Good for Something, After All

Author: Natasha Frost / Source: Atlas Obscura Everyone knows what ants are about. They’re no-nonsense little guys. They work all summer (holidays are for the weak) to save up for winter. They sleep when they’re dead. They soldier on, sometimes lifting up to 5,000 times their own weight, all for

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Scientists Use CRISPR Gene Editing to Create the World’s First Mutant Social Insect

Author: Paul Ratner / Source: Big Think A staple of bad science fiction, mutant ants have been more of a figment of imagination rather than scientific reality. We’ve genetically altered mice and fruit flies, but growing mutant ants has eluded scientists due to the complex life cycle of the little

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Circular Linear Motor Becomes A Micro Motor Raceway

Ants were among the world’s first farmers

So-Called Lazy Ants Are Good for Something, After All

Scientists Use CRISPR Gene Editing to Create the World’s First Mutant Social Insect

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