Anirudh Kamakeri's creative use of this sophisticated technique earned him Special Mention from the Nature in Focus awards ...

Last year, Yamaha unveiled its Breeze10 autonomous, radar-equipped boat for inspecting dams. Today, the company announced that the robot boat's little sibling, the Water Strider, goes on market next ...

Look in any creek on a warm sunny day, and you're likely to see little spider-like creatures scooting on top of the water. These are water striders — not spiders — and they are remarkable little ...

Razer isn’t new to mouse mats, having released a few in the past. Now they’re back, following up on the Razer Gigantus V2 lineup with a new hybrid mouse mat based on market surveys. After producing ...

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You may think that water strider insects move across the water's surface simply by wiggling their legs, but they actually utilize what is known as the Maragoni effect. Scientists have now utilized the ...

The amazing water strider -- known for its ability to walk on water -- came within just a hair of sinking into evolutionary oblivion. Scientists are reporting that the insect's long, flexible legs ...

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that can cause big problems when they enter the water supply. One way my fluid dynamics lab explores microplastic movement is by studying how tiny ...

Photo Caption: These water striders hovered over the reflections as they prepared for their next race across the surface of the Geronimo Creek. Photograph by Forrest M. Mims III. On some winter days, ...

(a) The system consisted of six parts as follows: (1) a force transducer; (2) a BAP; (3) a fixture; (4) a high-speed camera; (5) a pool; and (6) a data acquisition system. (b) Photo of the BAP. (c) ...

Water striders are the perfect, poetic rendering of water’s most magical property -- its tendency to form an invisible membrane on its surface like a fragile skin. And as if granted special powers, ...