Droplet superpropulsion in an energetically constrained insect

Abstract Food consumption and waste elimination are vital functions for living systems. Although how feeding impacts animal form and function has been studied for more than a century since Darwin, how its obligate partner, excretion, controls and constrains animal behavior, size, and energetics rema...

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Main Authors: Elio J. Challita, Prateek Sehgal, Rodrigo Krugner, M. Saad Bhamla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36376-5