The sight of cockroaches scurrying across the floor may give some people a scare, but the creepy crawlers may one day help save people in a disaster. Researchers at North Carolina State University ...

*(CNN) — The patient is submerged in an ice bath as an anesthetic for the impending surgery. When sufficient numbness is achieved, University of Queensland student Lachlan Fitzgerald begins the ...

ADELPHI, Md. (Feb. 10, 2016) -- Supported by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, University of California-Berkeley researchers have developed a small, crawling robot that mimics a cockroach's ability ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When buildings collapse in future disasters, the hero helping rescue trapped people may be a robotic cockroach. Repulsive as they may be, roaches have the remarkable ability to ...

(A) Maze channel design, (B) guiding electric stimulation, (C) punishing electric stimulation, and (D) punishing heat stimulation. The lower-right image is a thermal image of the maze surface. The ...

Europe, the same continent that produced conquistadors and the Inquisition, has now produced robotic cockroaches that scientists hope will influence cockroach societies everywhere. The scientists call ...

The first thing Jose Halloy wants you to know is that he will not help you get rid of the cockroaches in your apartment. It’s true that he and his colleagues at the Free University of Brussels and ...

Scientists are studying cockroaches to help develop an agile and virtually indestructible robot that can crawl through walls in search of survivors in disaster zones.

Hidden behind stacks of cardboard across factories in China, billions of cockroaches are quietly fueling a multi-million-dollar revolution that could change the way we eat and live. Humans may be ...