Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...

When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them for the ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs. The hell ant existed over 100 million years ago, ...

Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, University of ...

Move over, Game of Thrones—ants can turn armies against their leaders and use subterfuge to take over entire kingdoms, too. This chilling discovery did not originate with a professional scientist, but ...

Scientists describe the behavior as "altruistic signalling," a form of social immunity in eusocial insects Getty A new research study finds infected ant pupae emit a chemical signal that prompts ...

Abstract: This work reports the practical implementation of ant colony optimized (ACO) extended Kalman filter (EKF) for state of charge (SoC) estimation of lithium-ion batteries (LiBs). The scheme is ...

Abstract: Fractures play a very important role in hydrocarbon accumulation and migration as well as hydraulic fracturing. Small-scale fractures contain dense sets of fractures that extend from meters ...