Desert ants navigate vast, featureless landscapes ... a team of Chinese researchers has developed a miniature, on-chip polarization photodetector. The team envisions a wide range of applications ...

Chinese researchers have looked to the eyes of the desert ant to develop a compact chip to detect the orientation of polarised light. The chip could have a wide range of uses including in ...

Desert ants navigate vast, featureless landscapes with uncanny precision ... Inspired by this incredible feat of nature, a team of Chinese researchers has developed a miniature, on-chip polarization ...