With the help of special edge structures, which correspond to the so-called Schroeder phase gratings, the electromagnetic field in a cylindrical waveguide can be perturbed in such a way that in large ...

What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental ...

The study has been published in the European Journal of Taxonomy and describes four previously unknown species of parasitoid wasps belonging to the genus, Idris Förster (Hymenoptera Scelionidae) ...

The first new species is Idris bianor, named after the spider genus it parasitizes, according to the study. Its body length ...

At about 2 inches long, Shibabdella wulingensis is considered a “medium-sized” leech, according to researchers. Its body is “ flat and cylindrical,” and “creamy or pinkish–white” in color, the study ...

Deadly parasite, posing no threat to humans, found in Southwest Iowa cattle for first time Jun 23, 2025 Updated Jun 23, 2025 0 Loaded 0% - ...

The drug praziquantel has been used for decades to treat infections caused by parasitic flatworms, including schistosomiasis which afflicts over 200 million people worldwide. Most flukes and tapeworms ...

Parasites are organisms that live alongside a host, sometimes even taking control of the host. For example, parasitoid wasps like this one will catch a spider, paralyze it with their sting, force ...

Today, the Internet security community largely emphasizes cyberspace monitoring for the purpose of generating cyber intelligence. In this paper, we present a survey on darknet. The latter is an ...

The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas to fight a flesh-eating parasite The New World screwworm fly’s appearance in southern Mexico late last year has worried agriculture and cattle ...

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as part of an effort to keep a flesh ...

Hammerhead worms tend to stay out of the sunlight, hidden from plain sight, but the extra rain has "flushed out" the wriggly creatures, Ashley Morgan-Olvera, Texas Invasive Species Institute ...