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Giant Honeybees Use Shimmering 'Mexican Waves' To Repel Predatory Wasps
Researchers report the finding that shimmering -- a remarkable capacity of rapid communication in giant honeybees -- acts as a defensive mechanism, which repels predatory hornets, forcing them to hunt...
Snuppy's Puppies: 1st Cloned Dog Is A Dad
Snuppy - the world's first cloned dog - is a father. A team of Korean scientists said that 10 puppies were born in May using sperm from Snuppy artificially inseminated...
Jungle Love Goes Digital
Just like the digital dating services that pair up people, so-called studbooks are used to match most animals held in captivity. The databases containing information on sex, age and weight...
Remote Brainwaves Predict Future 'Eureka' Moment
The brain mechanism underlying the eureka or "ah-ha" moment is poorly understood. What happens in the brain during that particular moment? Is that moment purely sudden as often reported by...
Vital Signs: Aging: Lack of B12 Linked to Brain Shrinkage
Low levels of the vitamin B12 may lead to a reduction in brain volume, a new study shows.
Deep bacteria influence oil quality
Researchers have found that living colonies of bacteria in deep oil reserves, up to two kilometers underground, are changing the quality of the oil.
Clean water? Find out in minutes
Australian researchers have developed a diagnostic platform that can accurately test whether water is safe to drink in just minutes.
Bird malaria helps plan for bird flu
A study is tracking avian malaria in birds migrating through Northern Australia, to find out what routes bird flu might take if it spread into Australian birds.
ANIMAL PHOTOS WEEKLY: Tiny Toad, Red Panda Cubs, More
Red panda cubs debut in China, a surfing dog shakes after catching a wave, and more in our weekly roundup of animal photos.
How Bacteria Recycle Their Cell Wall: New Insights
A new paper provides important new insights into the process by which bacteria recycle their cell wall.
New Nano Device Detects Immune System Cell Signaling
Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances. The signals the researchers detected originated in...
How Parkinson's Develops: Protein Found That Regulates Gene Critical To Dopamine-releasing Brain Cells
Researchers have identified a protein they say appears to be a primary player in maintaining normal functioning of an important class of neurons -- those brain cells that produce, excrete...
Cryopreservation techniques bring hopes for women cancer victims and endangered species
Emerging cryopreservation techniques are increasing hope of restoring fertility for women after diseases such as ovarian cancer that lead to destruction of reproductive tissue. The same techniques can also be...
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Secretions Minimize Tissue Injury After Heart Attack
A novel way to improve survival and recovery rate after a heart attack was reported in the journal Stem Cell Research. This method, developed in laboratory research with pigs, is...
Mathematics Aids Mayonnaise Production
How bubbles behave in liquids is important to many production processes, but also extremely difficult to calculate. TU Delft researcher Jok Tang is helping to change this.
Photos reveal Myanmar's large and small predators
A tiger photographed ny a remote camera in Myanmar's Hukaung Tiger Reserve. Using remote camera traps to lift the veil on Myanmar's dense northern wild lands, researchers from the Wildlife...
Immature neurons linked to schizophrenia
KYOTO, Japan, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Japanese researchers say they have found an area of the brain critical for memory is immature in mice bred to have a...
Researchers identified a protein essential in long term memory consolidation
New research at the University of Haifa identified a specific protein essential for the process of long term memory consolidation. This is the latest of several discoveries that are...
It's A Zoo Out There: Online Dating for Rare Species
Zoos across country look for mates for rare species on online portals.
Wild Animals Suffer on 'Junk Food' Diets
Birds can't get enough nutrition from thin fish.
Unique Feral Cattle Identified in Alaska
Feral cattle on Alaska's Chirikof Island are genetically distinct from commercial breeds raised in the United States. That's the conclusion of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists studying the genetic diversity...
Malaria researcher among Heinz Award winners
(AP) -- A molecular biologist who is searching for a cure for malaria is among five people being named Heinz Award winners on Tuesday.
Art meets forensic science in chilled display
Graduates from the world's only degree programme in Forensic Art put their work on display in Dundee.
Mix and match protein building blocks
An improved procedure for breaking proteins in two allows chemists to create a new biologically active protein
Zoology: Put-upon chimpanzees get by with help from their friends
Chimpanzees often kiss, cuddle and groom the victim of aggression within a group
"Water Bears" Survive Earth Orbit
Mother-fetus lifeline evolved from a combination of ancient and new genes
Enzyme Detectives Uncover New Reactions, Products
(PhysOrg.com) -- If your experiment doesn't go the way you expect, take a closer look -- something even more interesting may have happened. That strategy has led scientists at the...
The groan says it all -- dominant male deer have the deepest calls
(PhysOrg.com) -- The low timbre and enticing vibrations of a deep voice have long been considered a key element of male attractiveness. Now it seems that it's not just human...