A project currently on Kickstarter would give supporters the tools to remote-control a cockroach using their smartphones. Called RoboRoach, the project is billed as "the world's first commercially ...

North Carolina-based The Pest Informer wrote that they are using this paid study to test out new cockroach control treatments Alexandra Schonfeld is a staff editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Natural systems retain significant advantages over engineered systems in many aspects, including size and versatility. Researchers have developed a hybrid robotic system using American (Periplaneta ...

Don't waste time on inferior products to get rid of cockroaches. We talked to pros about what to use, and these were their ...

(A) Maze channel design, (B) guiding electric stimulation, (C) punishing electric stimulation, and (D) punishing heat stimulation. The lower-right image is a thermal image of the maze surface. The ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

A new AI-powered laser system has been developed specifically to kill cockroaches. This picture taken on March 25, 2019 shows a cockroach at a roach farm in Yibin, China's southwestern Sichuan ...

Winter gives many people a false sense of relief when it comes to pests. The cold sets in, and you assume insects will ...

Cockroaches may be considered vermin but one team of scientists has found a way to keep the pests under control - remote control that is. Michigan-based Backyard Brains created an electric backpack ...

The German cockroach evolved to live only in human environments. This means it's very good at adapting to pest control methods — even if it means changing its mating rituals. And now we turn to ...