supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11032001).
Fighting crickets,one species of flightless insects optimally chosen by nature for millions of years,have evolved to fairly smooth and streamlined body surfaces.This article tries to answer the question how the insect...
Radon represents the major source of natural radioactivity in confined environments. Despite the clear evidence of a direct association between residential exposure and human lung cancer provided by case-control studi...
Camel crickets (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) are a group of wingless and humpbacked Orthopteran insects. They are closed relatives to katydids and crickets;they were called spider crickets somewhere because of their ...
Beijingers have long had a tradition of tending flowers,raising birds,feeding fish and/or raising crickets to fight. Many Beijingers,especially those who are living in a hutong,are holding to the traditions—even toda...
Unpredictable air movements have proved to be a problem in previous studies investigating robot communication by means of airborne pheromone chemicals. The project described in this paper investigates the use of air v...
AN elderly man enters the main hall of the Imperial Palace in Beijing and,under the eyes of a curious young Chinese pioneer,takes from beneath the golden throne a small,dusty box with holes punctured in its lid and pr...