aAn earthworm is a tube-shaped, segmented animal that is commonly found living in soil. An earthworm has a digestive system that runs straight through its body, conducts respiration through the cuticle covering its skin, and has a simple, closed circulatory system. Earthworms are hermaphrodites--...
In this paper, we propose a method to generate a 3D map in the narrow pipeline from inside images captured from a camera mounted on earthworm robot. Pipes that have reached the end of their useful life cause leaks and pits in the road; thus, it is necessary to inspect the inside of ...
A team of scientists at UCLA reports that alcohol may be a potential fountain of youth—at least for worm larvae, that is. The research, published online in the open-access medical journalPLoS ONE, found that small amounts of ethanol improved the survival of roundworm larvae—the young form ...