Out today in @RSocPublishing! We show that butterflies and moths accumulate so much static electricity that pollen is attracted onto them across air gaps, meaning they don't even need to make contact with the flower to pollinate it! 🦋🌻 https://t.co/UayKqSCOAc 🧵👇
Our paper with @BristolBioSci shows how to measure the charge on small objects found in environmental fieldwork - or those released from acoustic levitation in the lab - using a new design of Faraday cup which encloses the sensitive electronics.
https://t.co/q0dxj6EkFr
Hyperspectral Imager paper out! High sensitivity UV to nearIR, radiance & reflectance, runs from a smartphone. Build the system for about $450 from 3D printed parts & off-the-shelf components.
Paper: https://t.co/d3bg0sgZwS
Intro video: https://t.co/xDJPN0CPqC
It's truly such an honour to be awarded the prize for best PhD thesis in the Faculty of Life Sciences @BristolUni for 2024. Thank you so much to my supervisor Daniel, his lab group, and my cohort of friends who helped me along the way! (and my examiners!)
I am thrilled to announce publication of a new paper led by Seth Frazer, showing we can accurately predict opsin phenotypes from their gene sequences https://t.co/cJtuRApNEO...
Just arrived in the field after the best conference I've ever been to. Thank you so much everyone who came to my talk - so many exciting ideas have spawned from the conversations! I was especially honoured to have had a few people write haikus about my work! #ISBE2024@ISBE2024
While the same laws of physics reign over Earth’s smallest and largest species, the balance of forces shifts with size. For a honeybee, static electricity is a certain kind of gravity. @laxmevy reports:
https://t.co/E38P6z94eV
It was a pleasure chatting to @kensycoop for @ManyMindsPod about all things electric ecology. Give it a listen, I highly recommend their other episodes too!
New episode!! 📣📣
A conversation w/ @SamJakeEngland about electroreception and "electric ecology."
Our world is buzzing with electricity—it forms a key part of the sensoria and ecologies of many animals. Scientists are starting to take note.
Listen: https://t.co/zFfAz1s1Fs
Super chuffed to have my first journal cover with my photo of a peacock butterfly!🦋You can read more about these beautiful creatures and how their static electricity attracts pollen in the associated study in @RSocPublishing Interface: https://t.co/UayKqSCOAc