03-18-2024
Leafhoppers' secret armor has inspired new invisibility cloaking technologyIn the realm of science, sometimes the smallest creatures can provide the biggest insights. Such is the case with leafhoppers, unassuming backyard insects that carry a secret armor of brochosomes. Researchers at Penn State have delved into this miniature world, uncovering the mysteries of particles known as brochosomes, which these insects secrete and coat themselves with. Their findings, led by Professor Tak-Sing Wong of mechanical and biomedical engineering, have been published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America...
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