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Insect Hearing

Submitted by bill on Mon, 2006-04-03 10:01. |

Understanding the workings of insect ears could lead to new microphones able to capture and analyse extremely faint sounds. Scientists have been studying the workings of the 'ears' of a locust. These are micrometer-thick membranes with complex and varying structural properties.

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