MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an unprecedented ...

Scientists with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a new breed of tiny flying robots that weigh less than a gram ...

MIT scientists are developing robotic insects that can help with pollination, potentially boosting crop production without ...

American scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new type of robotic insect that can ...

As a consequence, the plant is only rarely visited by potential insect pollinators. Credit: IKEDA Tetsuro After Makino's 1889 discovery, Stigmatodactylus sikokianus got its name from a Russian ...

The idea of robots as pollen carriers is not entirely new. The robots reportedly developed earlier were not durable and ...

You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various eco-friendly pest management strategies, you will encourage songbirds, ...

MIT scientists have developed tiny, flying robot insects that are more agile and durable than ever in the hopes of someday ...

A Mississippi State turfgrass specialist is teaming up with scientists from Auburn University and the University of Georgia ...

In the cultivation of vegetables and fruits, pollination, in which pollen produced by male flowers adheres to female flowers, is important, but in recent years, the decline of insects that act as ...

The results of cowslip observations carried out with the help of citizen scientists from 32 countries in over 5,200 locations shed light on the well-being of insect-pollinated plants under ...