http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. They closely monitored her hormone levels, watched her behavior to make sure the time was right and set up a quiet night with a mate. http://phys.org/news283956585.html Biology Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:30:01 EST news283956585 (Phys.org)—Salt—and just about anything else that dissolves in water, which is called a solute—lowers water's melting point, which is why it's useful for de-icing roads. And the higher the solute concentration, the slower ice forms. That's why solutes, or "cryoprotectants," are added to proteins, cells, tissues and even dead bodies to slow down ice formation during cryopreservation. http://phys.org/news281182517.html Physics Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:15:27 EST news281182517 Scientists reported Wednesday on the bizarre sex life of a sea slug that discards its penis after copulation. Then grows a new one. http://phys.org/news279951528.html Biology Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:18:58 EST news279951528 Meet Klondike, the western hemisphere's first puppy born from a frozen embryo. He's a beagle-Labrador retriever mix, and although neither of those breeds are endangered, Klondike's very existence is exciting news for endangered canids, like the red wolf. http://phys.org/news279361544.html Biology Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:25:50 EST news279361544 Scientists in Brazil will try cloning endangered animal species like the jaguar, a researcher said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news272140355.html Biology Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:50:01 EST news272140355 Equipped with a generous supply of bamboo for the long trip, Austrian-born panda Fu Hu was on his way to China on Wednesday, as stipulated under Vienna zoo's contract with Beijing, the zoo said. http://phys.org/news271502373.html Biology Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:19:42 EST news271502373 Lured into a crate, locked in, then shaken about, Fu Hu, the young star of Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo, munches on bamboo, unperturbed, as he undergoes the panda version of flight training before setting off to join his peers in China. http://phys.org/news271139541.html Biology Sat, 03 Nov 2012 07:30:01 EST news271139541 The world's first artificial insemination of crocodiles is one step closer thanks to a novel project between The University of Queensland (UQ) and a central Queensland farmer. http://phys.org/news265352699.html Biology Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:05:08 EST news265352699 An African elephant in Vienna Zoo has been impregnated using frozen sperm from a male living in the wild, in what the Zoo said Monday was a world first. http://phys.org/news264067407.html Biology Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:03:37 EST news264067407 The death of Lonesome George came as a shock to the caretakers who had come to know the 100-year-old giant tortoise, the last survivor of a subspecies decimated by pirates more than a century ago. http://phys.org/news259913145.html Biology Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:05:52 EST news259913145 (AP) -- Members of the Vatican's bioethics advisory panel have called for its board to resign after scientists who don't support core church teaching on issues like birth control and infertility were featured at its annual conference. http://phys.org/news255805095.html Other Sciences Wed, 09 May 2012 17:58:23 EST news255805095 Researchers in the Czech Republic, Spain and the United Kingdom have successfully identified the cellular components and mechanisms that play a role in the proliferation of myxozoa, tiny aquatic parasites responsible for diseases in commercially valuable fish. Presented in the journal PLoS ONE, the study's findings shed light on the motility of myxozoa's proliferative states and their reproductive process. http://phys.org/news254392448.html Biology Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:50:05 EST news254392448 The clock is ticking, and the heat is on. A giant male panda loaned to Britain by China has just 36 hours to make his move on his female companion or he'll have to wait another year. http://phys.org/news252654931.html Biology Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:55:38 EST news252654931 Edinburgh Zoo on Monday started daily tests to pinpoint the best time for its pair of giant pandas, given to Scotland by China, to try to produce a cub. http://phys.org/news248976915.html Biology Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:15:21 EST news248976915 The National Zoo in Washington announced Monday it had received a $4.5 million donation from a rich US benefactor which will fund a five-year study into preservation of the giant panda. http://phys.org/news243534019.html Biology Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:20:25 EST news243534019 In the animal world, males typically search for their female partners. The mystery is that in some species, you get a reversal -- the females search for males. http://phys.org/news236427798.html Biology Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:23:51 EST news236427798 Different species of scincid lizards, commonly known as skinks, rarely interbreed, but it's not for lack of trying. http://phys.org/news233575682.html Biology Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:08:26 EST news233575682 China has sent two experts to Taiwan to play Cupid this spring for a pair of young pandas it gave the island, a zoo official said Monday. http://phys.org/news216307170.html Biology Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:40:02 EST news216307170 The doors to the outside world were closed, the lights dimmed. Video cameras angled down from multiple locations, and a couple dozen onlookers watched intently. http://phys.org/news215845394.html Biology Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:00:02 EST news215845394 Dutch doctoral researcher Robbert Blonk has found a way of speeding up the growth of North Sea sole considerably. This may make sole farming more viable. http://phys.org/news208689783.html Biology Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:23:18 EST news208689783 Lun Lun, a 13-year old giant panda at the Atlanta Zoo, gave birth Wednesday to a cub, the only giant panda born in the United States this year. http://phys.org/news208016214.html Biology Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:17:02 EST news208016214 (AP) -- China's panda population is booming this year thanks to a record number of births in captivity, a rare accomplishment for the endangered species known for being poor breeders. http://phys.org/news207286895.html Biology Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:41:45 EST news207286895 (AP) -- We've always played with our food - even before we knew about genes or how to change them. http://phys.org/news204392734.html Biology Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:10:01 EST news204392734 A male giant panda in a Japanese zoo died after it was sedated so it could donate semen in an artificial insemination programme, a zoo official said Friday. http://phys.org/news203347266.html Biology Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:21:18 EST news203347266 Think you're uncomfortable in the extreme Texas summer heat? Try being an ovulating 1,200-pound mother cow. http://phys.org/news202657235.html Biology Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:40:50 EST news202657235 (PhysOrg.com) -- Stopping male mosquitoes from sealing their sperm inside females with a 'mating plug' could prevent mosquitoes from reproducing, and offer a potential new way to combat malaria, say scientists publishing new results in PLoS Biology on 22 December. http://phys.org/news180684435.html Biology Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:08:08 EST news180684435 (PhysOrg.com) -- Artificial insemination (AI) techniques that work well with cattle and swine can be difficult or costly to perform in sheep, but help’s on the way, thanks to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) studies in Fort Collins, Colo. http://phys.org/news175253007.html Biology Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:09:18 EST news175253007 A 39-year-old widow asked a French court Wednesday to allow her to retrieve her late husband's frozen sperm so that she can be inseminated and have his child. http://phys.org/news172934470.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:30:03 EST news172934470 Puppies born from the world's first cloned dog will be offered to good homes later this year, South Korean researchers said on Thursday. http://phys.org/news171178519.html Biology Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:10:04 EST news171178519 (AP) -- China announced the first successful birth of a panda cub from artificial insemination using frozen sperm, giving a new option for the famously unfertile endangered species, officials said Friday. http://phys.org/news167637139.html Biology Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:30:02 EST news167637139