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Cyborg Beetle Research Allows Free-Flight Study Of Insects
2015-03-17 06:11:13| rfglobalnet Home Page
Hard-wiring beetles for radio-controlled flight turns out to be a fitting way to learn more about their biology. Cyborg insect research led by engineers at UC Berkeley and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is enabling new revelations about a muscle used by beetles for finely graded turns.
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Belgium releases guidelines on food safety of insects
2015-01-29 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
The potential risks associated with consumption of edible insects can be controlled through good hygiene and manufacturing practices during breeding and marketing, states a guide published by the Belgian food safety agency.
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Summers Mediterranean weather brought rare birds & insects to Britain
2014-08-10 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Exotic and colourful bee-eaters snatching dragonflies out of mid-air. Black-winged stilts birds with legs as long as supermodels bringing a touch of class to a coastal marsh. And continental butterflies swarming across the Channel to surprise Britains lepidopterists. This summer has certainly brought a touch of the Med to our shores. Britains usual wildlife has been joined by a host of new and unusual species, with many creatures staying on to breed. The news of a pair of bee-eaters nesting...
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Nutritionist ro Discuss Potential of Insects in Pig Feed
2014-06-20 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - By 2020, we could be feeding insects and algae to pigs, says Mick Hazzledine of Premier Nutrition. At the BPEX Innovation Conference next week, he will present some alternative feed ingredients including insect meal, algae, peas, beans and yeast.
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Nutritionist to Discuss Potential of Insects in Pig Feed
2014-06-20 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - By 2020, we could be feeding insects and algae to pigs, says Mick Hazzledine of Premier Nutrition. At the BPEX Innovation Conference next week, he will present some alternative feed ingredients including insect meal, algae, peas, beans and yeast.
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