Scripps research team unravels new cellular repair mechanism August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A Scripps Research team has unraveled a new biochemical pathway that triggers a critical repair response to correct errors in the DNA replication process that could otherwise lead to harmful or fatal mutations in cells. Though ... | |
 Carbon dioxide poses risk to marine life survival August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change and the subsequent acidification of the world's oceans will significantly reduce the successful fertilisation of certain marine species by the year 2100, an international team ... | |
Female guppies risk death to avoid sexual harassment August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Sexual harassment from male guppies is so bad that long-suffering females will risk their lives to escape it, according to new research from Dr Safi Darden and Dr Darren Croft from Bangor University. Their work, which was ... | |
Humans' response to risk can be unnecessarily dangerous, study August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The traffic light ahead of you is turning yellow. Do you gun the engine and speed through the intersection, trusting that others will wait for their green, or do you slow down and wait your turn? | |
New step forward in search for solution to infection puzzle August 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Scientists at the University of York have helped to reveal more about the way bacteria can attach to human tissues. The study could help in the development of new treatments for serious heart conditions such as infective ... | |
Scientists a step closer to producing fuel from bacteria August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of Sheffield have shown how bacteria could be used as a future fuel. The research, published in the journal Bioinformatics, could have significant implications for the environment and the ... | |
 Vine invasion? Ecologist looks at coexistence of trees and lianas August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Among the hundreds of species of woody vines that University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee ecologist Stefan Schnitzer has encountered in the tropical forests of Panama, the largest has a stalk nearly 20 inches in ... | |
Tuning in to a new language on the fly: Effects of context and seasonality on songbird brain August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Research conducted at Rutgers University has shown that exposure to a changed acoustic and social environment can rewire the way the brain processes sounds. Beginning in the cochlea of the inner ear, nerve cells of the auditory ... | |
Biological 'Clock' Influences Damage Done by Oxidative Stress August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Swing shift workers and frequent fliers beware – scientists have identified yet another biological issue that relates to the “circadian clock” found in almost every species from insects to humans, and discovered ... | |
 Spiders Who Eat Together, Stay Together August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to work together and capture larger prey has allowed social spiders to stretch the laws of nature and reach enormous colony sizes, UBC zoologists have found. | |
 Multi-tasking maggots in superbug showdown August 05, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Scientists at Swansea University (Wales, UK) have discovered a new type of antibiotic in maggot secretions that can tackle up to 12 different strains of MRSA, as well as E. coli and C. difficile. The research ... | |
 Entomologists play matchmakers for cerambycid beetles August 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cerambycid beetles, also known as long-horned beetles, can cause severe damage to standing trees, logs and lumber. How then might they be promptly detected and their numbers swiftly controlled? ... | |
Songbirds may hold key to advances in treatment of brain degeneration August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Ongoing research at Lehigh University may one day help make strides toward therapeutic advances in the treatment of diseases that involve the loss of memory and brain degeneration such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and stroke. ... | |
Exercise pill is no replacement for exercise August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Recently, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a research organization focused on biology and its relation to health, published a study in the journal ... | |
Extinction threat growing for mankind's closest relatives August 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Mankind's closest relatives – the world's monkeys, apes and other primates – are disappearing from the face of the Earth, with some literally being eaten into extinction. | |
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