Insect cuticle and related biological composites have long intrigued researchers due to their exceptional combination of lightness, resilience and multifunctionality. The cuticle, primarily composed ...

MANHATTAN, KAN. -- Kansas State University researchers think their discovery of the enzyme involved in the hardening of a beetle's exoskeleton or cuticle could lead not only to better pest control, ...

The tough shells that protect insects can now be replicated in a lab as polymer composites that could be very useful in medical applications including sutures that bear high loads, such as in hernia ...

The primitive compound eyes of a horseshoe crab are one the largest to be found in nature. In contrast to many insects and spiders that build their eyes from glassy proteins, the horseshoe crab uses ...