The Incredible Shrinking Bee : Insects as Models for Microelectromechanical Devices.

Because vertebrate circulations do not work when shrunk to insect sizes, insects may help us design our smallest machines. Within small bodies, bees separate diffusing substances in an open cavity assisted by locomotion and the beat of the heart. The open arthropod circulation, however, is most effi...

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Main Author: Lawry, James V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2006.
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