How cockroaches keep their predators 'guessing' November 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When cockroaches flee their predators, they choose, seemingly at random, amongst one of a handful of preferred escape routes, according to a report published on November 13th in Current Biology. | |
 Fish choose their leaders by consensus November 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Just after Americans have headed to the polls to elect their next president, a new report in the November 13th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, reveals how one species of fish picks ... | |
How household bleach works to kill bacteria November 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Despite the fact that household bleach is commonly used as a disinfectant, exactly how it works to fight bacteria remained an open question. Now, a report in the November 14th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, ... | |
A single gene leads yeast cells to cooperate against threats November 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An ingenious social behavior that mobilizes yeast cells to cooperate in protecting each other from stress, antibiotics, and other dangers is driven by the activity of a single gene, scientists report this week in the journal ... | |
First live rhinoceros birth from frozen-thawed semen November 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
There may be less than 20,000 rhinoceros in the world, with one species perhaps already extinct and another with possibly only four animals remaining in the wild. As the populations of these animals age and become infirm, ... | |
Study a step toward disease-resistant crops, sustainability November 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A five-year study that could help increase disease resistance, stress tolerance and plant yields is under way at Purdue University. | |
Colonies in collapse: What's causing massive honeybee die-offs? November 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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“To the bee, a flower is a fountain of life, and to the flower, a bee is a messenger of love,” wrote poet Kahlil Gibran. Whether or not love is involved in the exchange, the evolutionary dance between pollen-transporting ... | |
Researchers find link between seeing and thinking November 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have discovered an important new link between how we see an action – and the way our mind processes that visual stimulation. | |
Barnacles prove hard to please when house-hunting November 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s a tough life out at sea so you might think a small crustacean would be happy to take what it can get when it comes to finding a home - not the humble barnacle. | |
 Singing in slow motion November 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- As anyone who watched the Olympics can appreciate, timing matters when it comes to complex sequential actions. It can make a difference between a perfect handspring and a fall, for instance. ... | |
Intraspinal implant of mesenchymal stem cells may not heal the demyelinated spinal cord November 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Multiple sclerosis is a disease caused by the loss of the myelinated sheath surrounding the nerve fibers of the spinal cord. Therapeutic hope for curing multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases has included the ... | |
 Parasite-resistant peppers green alternatives to chemical pesticides November 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Root-knot nematodes are extreme parasites. These microscopic, omnipresent worms cause major damage to horticultural and field crops in sub-tropical regions, resulting in significant financial losses to growers ... | |
 Light triggers a new code for brain cells November 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Brain cells can adopt a new chemical code in response to cues from the outside world, scientists working with tadpoles at the University of California, San Diego report in the journal Nature this week. | |
 Researchers trace octopuses' family tree November 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Many of the world's deep-sea octopuses evolved from species that lived in the Southern Ocean, according to new molecular evidence reported by researchers at Queen's University Belfast. | |
New technique enables assessment of drought performance November 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence is an effective way of determining how well plants can cope with low-water conditions. The technique described in the open access journal Plant Methods, published by BioMed Central, ... | |
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