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EN · 14 Nov, 17:59

Dung beetles’ inner compass could inspire cutting-edge miniature robotics

Indexed from Cyprus Mail · Crawly News

By CM Guest Columnist

Insight into how dung beetles navigate in a straight line is helping EU-funded researchers to design nature-inspired technology and to understand how light pollution affects wildlife. By Gareth Willmer When a humble dung beetle arrives at a patch of manure, it forms the dung into a ball and rolls it away in a…

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