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Evripidis Gkanias

@egkanias.bsky.social

Postdoctoral researcher at @lundvision.bsky.social investigating the robustness of the dung beetle compass to environmental noise. Full profile: https://evgkanias.github.io/

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Truing the Sun โ€“ The Poetry of Science

My research inspired @samillingworth.com to write this poem. That's such a beautiful act :) thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/4134/truing-...

03.04.2025 06:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! ๐Ÿ™

24.03.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spatiotemporal computations in the insect celestial compass - Nature Communications Insects use the sun for navigation, compensating for its movement throughout the day; a process that remains poorly understood. This study proposes a model of how oscillatory signals of clock neurons ...

๐Ÿงญ๐Ÿง  How insects do trigonometry to find their way

A new study shows how insect brains might calculate the sunโ€™s position using internal clocks and trigonometric circuits.

Could this unlock solar-based navigation for future robots?

๐Ÿ”— doi.org/10.1038/s414...

#SciComm #Insects ๐Ÿงช

24.03.2025 05:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Spatiotemporal computations in the insect celestial compass Nature Communications - Insects use the sun for navigation, compensating for its movement throughout the day; a process that remains poorly understood. This study proposes a model of how...

My latest #research on how insects integrate spatial and temporal information has just been published with @springernature.com in @naturecomms.bsky.social. Read here: rdcu.be/eeCVh

22.03.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0