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Songbirds Prefer The Latest Music: Golden Oldies Just Don’t Cut It With The Chicks
Songbirds Prefer The Latest Music: Golden Oldies Just Don't Cut It With The Chicks Duke University... Read More
CO2 increase in the atmosphere augments tolerance of barley to salinity
In future, climate change will bring an increase in salty surfaces on the Earth and in the concentration of CO2 in the... Read More
Lumbar Fusion Has Long-term Benefits, Study Suggests
Lumbar fusion is becoming a progressively basic treatment for low-back pain, but its long-term effects are relatively... Read More
Dead Man Walking
Dead Man Walking: Wade Davis and the Secret of the Zombie Poison By Patrick D. Hahn Accepted on September 4, 2007 Twenty... Read More
Kinetics of water transport in biomaterials during freezing (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Thesis. 1976. Sc. D)
Kinetics of water transport in biomaterials during freezing ... Read More
Personalised doses of insulin
Diabetes is a widespread illness affecting 5 per cent of the population. In diabetics the metabolism produces an excess of... Read More
New methods for brain research
Novel methods of measuring magnetic fields outside the head give further insights to the functioning of the human brain. In... Read More
Occurrence of Beta-Aminoglutaric Acid in Marine Bacteria
Occurrence of β-Aminoglutaric Acid in Marine Bacteria SUSAN M. HENRICHS1* AND RUSSELL CUHEL2 Institute of Marine Science,... Read More
Canine Reproduction: The Breeder’s Guide
Canine Reproduction: The Breeder's Guide ... Read More
Cancer Research: New Data On The Breakdown Of The KRas Protein
KRas is one of the usual suspects in cancer. It is a protein that is mutated in 30% of human tumors and has been... Read More
Stable Climate and Plant Domestication Linked
Sustainable farming and the introduction of new crops relies on a relatively stable climate, not dramatic conditions... Read More
Darwin Killed Off The Werewolf
It was Darwinian theory that did away with the werewolf. For much of recorded history, humans have reserved their greatest... Read More
New Bacterial Behavior: Puzzling ‘Dance’ of Electricity-Producing Bacteria Near Energy Sources
Bacteria dance the electric slide, officially named electrokinesis by the USC geobiologists who discovered the... Read More
Autism And Schizophrenia Share Common Origin, Review Suggests
Dec. 18, 2008 — Schizophrenia and autism probably share a common origin, hypothesises Dutch researcher Annemie Ploeger... Read More
Nope, not a jackal but a wolf!
By Vicki Mozo Aren't we all familiar with this infamous line: "a wolf hiding in sheep's clothing…"? Well, how... Read More
Researchers track snakes to study populations, behavior
A researcher for Washington University in St. Louis and colleagues at the Saint Louis Zoo and Saint Louis University are... Read More
Coralreef fish desperately need mangrove forests and seagrass fields
Biologists from the University of Nijmegen have demonstrated that some coral fish really do choose nursery grounds before... Read More
Can feces save the species?
Sniffing dogs help monitor and protect threatened animals in Brazil Arlington, Virginia (May 12, 2008) – It’s a tough... Read More
Electric Fish Conduct Electric Duets In Aquatic Courtship
Cornell researchers have discovered that in the battle of the sexes, African electric fish couples not only use specific... Read More
Fossilized Fish Act As Ancient Thermometer
CANTON, N.Y. - Fossilized fish bones may help scientists to reconstruct the temperatures of 65 million years ago, according... Read More
DNA Patterns Of Microbes
July 13, 2009 — The genomes or DNA of microbes contain defined DNA patterns called genome signatures. Such signatures may... Read More
The Emergence of Life on Earth: A Historical and Scientific Overview
The Emergence of Life on Earth: A Historical and Scientific Overview ... Read More
Rearing an army to save wheat
Scientists try to rear wasps to fight off the wheat stem sawfly With wheat stem sawfly natural enemies in demand, Montana... Read More
Mouse study suggests mammoth evolutionary change
A study of a common wild mouse by two University of Illinois at Chicago biologists has found evidence of dramatic... Read More
Biophotonics: Visions for Better Health Care
Biophotonics: Visions for Better Health Care ... Read More
Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations
Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations ... Read More
The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals
The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals ... Read More
The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth’s History
The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History ... Read More
Researchers Clean Up Petroleum Spills With Plants
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. A husband and wife research team at Purdue University has pioneered the use of plants to help clean up... Read More
Dinosaurs In Bullet-proof Vests
Their armour was perfect; even their eyelids consisted of plates of bone. What are known as ankylosauruses are among the... Read More
State-of-the-art instruments for detecting extraterrestrial life
Jeffrey L. Bada Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA... Read More
Shooting A Painting Reveals Its Pigments
Dutch scientists have developed a new method for studying organic pigments in the paintings of old masters. Firing a laser... Read More
Spiking Neuron Models by W. Gerstner & W.M. Kistler
Spiking Neuron Models ... Read More
Dynamic Bed Causes Irregular Course Of River
How can you manage and design rivers such that no floods occur, whilst still ensuring navigation for shipping and a... Read More
Healthy Potato Chips: A Trans Fat Oil With Health Benefits
For plenty of good reasons, the term "trans fat" leaves a bad taste in the mouths of health-conscious consumers.... Read More
Stomatal patterning in angiosperms
Judith L. Croxdale My thesis is that understanding stomatal patterning requires a holistic perspective. Since stomata are... Read More
Acid-loving microbe may be a key to mine pollution
MADISON -- A newfound microbe that eats iron and lives in acid-drenched conditions has been identified as a chief suspect... Read More
Health Belief Systems and the Psychobiology of War
Health Belief Systems and the Psychobiology of War NEIL J. ELGEE, MD, Seattle Belief systems overlie powerful biological... Read More