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Brown researcher studies fly U-turns

Fruit flies can turn several U-turns, without much thought, in the time it takes you to blink, according to a study by Attila Bergou, postdoctoral research associate in engineering. Bergou is the first author of the paper, “Fruit flies modulate passive wing pitching to generate in-flight turns.”

Watch the “aerial stunt” here!

April 2, 2010   No Comments   Tags: , ,

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