A wood wasp, seen in a coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This wasp, also called a horntail, is in the family Siricidae. Females lay eggs in the bark of pine trees, using a needle-like ovipositor. They partnership can cause severe damage to pine forests (Image: Steve Gschmeissner / SPL)
A BRAIN-boring robot that burrows its way through tissue in the same way a wasp digs through wood could make keyhole surgery safer.
The female wood wasps of the Siricidae family use a needle-like ovipositor to deposit eggs inside pine trees. This has two dovetailed shafts, each covered in backward-facing…
