Chinese scientists' latest findings in ancient seabed community illustrate a biological mechanism capable of shaping ...

Ancient “lamp shells” – bottom-dwelling invertebrates that once ruled the oceans – may have used hundreds of bristle-like ...

Understanding how ancient species arranged themselves in space is a key puzzle in paleoecology, but direct evidence of how ...

Understanding how ancient species arranged themselves in space is a key puzzle in paleoecology, but direct evidence of how ...

For an insect to be able to efficiently attach to surfaces, the adhesive pads on the distal parts of its legs must establish large contact areas. In case of hairy adhesive pads this requires ...

Externally, the setae vary in length (0.01-1 mm) and type (smooth versus plumose, stiff versus flexible, round versus laterally flattened). The setae are positioned in a single plane, pointing either ...

P. E. Oshel, D. H. Steele, Comparativé Morphology of Amphipod Setae, and a Proposed Classification of Setal Types, Crustaceana. Supplement, No. 13, Studies on Amphipoda (Proceedings of the VIth ...

"A lot was already known about how setae work mechanically," said NIST physicist and co-author Cherno Jaye. "Now we have a better understanding of how they work in terms of their molecular structure." ...

Dragging the setae across two surfaces (one that repelled water and another that attracted water) at different velocities and in environments ranging from 10% to 80% humidity, the team tested ...

Setae are also ultraflexible. When a gecko jumps to another surface or quickly changes direction to escape a predator, its toe hairs must absorb huge amounts of energy and redirect it.