The lowly blowfly is known for feasting on feces and corpses. One intrepid researcher hopes to use them as a biological ...

MOLINE, Ill — Do you enjoy early fall walks outside on warm, sunny days? You are not alone! On that walk, you suddenly find yourself being poked and prodded by these tiny little gnat-looking insects.

Sean Humbert is unlocking the biological secrets of the common housefly to make major advances in robotics and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). A professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical ...