How cicadas manage to 'wing it'

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 09:02 in Physics & Chemistry

Unlike locusts and many other flying insects, cicadas don't soar through the air with the greatest of ease. Now in a study appearing the ACS' The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, scientists report that certain chemical components in the insect's wings could explain why.

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