Cutting-edge kitchen safety gets a boost thanks to nature's bacteria-resistant strategies.

Scientists say the new technique could revolutionize the production of hygienic surfaces. The post Sharks and cicadas inspire ...

By mimicking natural antimicrobial textures, laser surface texturing enhances metal surfaces, preventing bacterial growth in ...

Keeping work surfaces clean during meat processing is a challenge. Bacteria from meat can attach, grow, and build up to ...

Keeping work surfaces clean during meat processing is a challenge, so in this week’s Journal of Laser Applications, ...

Cicadas are members of the superfamily Cicadoidea and are physically distinguished by their stout bodies, broad heads, clear-membraned wings, and large compound eyes. There are more than 3,000 ...

"These nanoscale and microscale surface textures mimic natural antimicrobial surfaces, such as those found on cicada wings and shark skin." The researchers discovered the laser-texturing technique ...

Cicadas are large insects with nearly two-inch long, clear membranous wings, that carry them from treetop to treetop. While most insects such as crickets and katydids, use their wings or legs to ...

red eyes and orange wing veins with a black “W” on the tips of their wings. Young periodical cicadas spent their time underground in burrows sucking root fluids for food. During their 17 years ...

Cicadas contain tons of protein — as much ... and dunking them in cold water will remove their legs and wings. There's no harm in eating the crunchy legs and wings, but, like popcorn kernels ...