Researchers introduce a novel imaging method to detect gold nanoparticles in woodlice. Their method, known as four-wave mixing microscopy, flashes light that the gold nanoparticles absorb. The light ...

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Woodlice are one of nature's cleaners, sorting out rotting leaves and debris on your behalf and are useful in your compost bin, but most people don't want them in their homes. Like mice, rats and ...

07:16, Tue, Mar 9, 2021 Updated: 07:16, Tue, Mar 9, 2021 Woodlice are crustaceans which can be a common household problem in the UK. In small numbers, woodlice do not pose much of a threat, but an ...

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Some of them you know well: Crabs, lobsters, crayfish and shrimp are familiar crustaceans, which are generally the aquatic branch of the arthropod class of animals. There are others, however, that ...

There are several different species of woodlice that live in our gardens and these little creatures are easily recognised. They are normally grey or a greyish-brown with a distinctive, hard-segmented ...

Lots of adults dislike woodlice. Some are physically revolted by them. But this distaste is cultural rather than innate since most small children are well-disposed towards woodlice and happy to handle ...

AS SOON as the weather warms up woodlice can become a real issue for households up and down the country. Although they’re most commonly found in gardens, they can creep inside. They can linger in damp ...

Among the most-read papers at the Journal of Experimental Biology last month was a blast from the past — a 1937 paper about the humidity-seeking behaviour of the common woodlouse by D. L. Gunn of the ...

Lots of adults dislike woodlice. Some are physically revolted by them. But this distaste is cultural rather than innate since most small children are well-disposed towards woodlice and happy to handle ...