Life Sciences

Cannibalism Caused By Parasites

cell--there are millions of them in the host muscle and they all rely on the host for food. This increased ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2015 - 12:21pm

Compensation: Why Some Male Cichlids Build Sand Castles To Attract Females And Others Don't

means that all evolutionary changes in the cichlids' ecology-- including courtship behavior-- have ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2015 - 12:16pm

Power Naps Produce Significant Memory Performance Boost

our pillow. A concentrated period of learning followed by a short relaxing sleep is all that's ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 20 2015 - 9:19am

Global Warming Not Causing Pine Beetle Outbreaks

across western U.S. forests, not all beetle populations between 1997 and 2010 have responded to winter ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 4 2015 - 6:04pm

Parkinson's Disease Halted By Neurons Derived From Stem Cells Treated With A Stomach Cancer Drug

the animals of the second group showed improvement in motor functions but all of them died between ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2015 - 9:41am

Antibodies From Camels May Protect Humans From MERS

Along with their availability in the Arabian peninsula, the site of all initial human infections thus ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2015 - 1:38am

OEH- Hormone Receptor That Allows Mosquitoes To Reproduce Found

A different group of fruit flies, including Drosophila mojavensis--as well as all mosquitoes we had genomes ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2015 - 10:04am

Infectious Ants Become Antisocial

contain the pathogen's spread in the ant colony, being a generally beneficial strategy for all social ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2015 - 9:00am

Oxytocin As Amplifier And Suppressor Of Neural Signals In The Brain

their necks and returning them to the nest- all as if they were the pups' real mother. This learned ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2015 - 5:14pm

Stomach Ulcers In Cattle

humans, was not present at all. We nearly saw the same bacterial composition in healthy and ulcerated ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 18 2015 - 6:00pm