Watch this new spider species launch ants right into its web

The ballista spider builds sophisticated spring-loaded snares to catapult its prey. Newly discovered, the ballista spider ...
pharmaphorum

Start-up Cradle tucks in $24m for protein engineering AI

Dutch-Swiss start-up Cradle has raised €22 million ($24 million) in first-round financing to develop its generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and synthetic biology platform for designing protein ...
Machine Design

The Basics of Spring-Loaded Plungers

Spring-loaded plungers use a spring and a plunger (or ball tip) to exert a precise and repeatable force. They are a better option than having engineers cobble together an assembly that uses a simple, ...
Kellogg School of Management

NU: Cradle of Comedians

Read more about Stephen Colbert in "The Real Colbert," winter 2010. Read more about Seth Meyers in "The Good Humor Man," spring 2008. Tell us what you think. E-mail comments or questions to the ...
Fillmore County Journal

Ronnenberg, Volkart and Spring Grove Team Excel at State Trap Finale

Rushford-Peterson marksman Colton Ronnenberg, LeRoy-Ostrander super shooter Kimberley Volkart and the Spring Grove trap team ...