News tagged with bugs
GMO corn falls prey to bugs it was supposed to thwart
A voracious pest which has long plagued corn farmers is devouring a widely-used variety that was genetically modified to thwart the rootworms, raising fears of a new superbug.
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Major breakthrough improves software reliability and security
Anyone who uses multithreaded computer programs -- and that's all of us, as these are the programs that power nearly all software applications including Office, Windows, MacOS, and Google Chrome Browser, and web services ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Assassin bugs trap spiders by mimicking prey (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Australia have described how assassin bugs lure spiders to their deaths by plucking the silken threads of the spider’s web with their legs to replicate the vibrations made ...
Oct 28, 2010 |
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U.K. duo suggest early humans retained fine hair to ward off parasites
(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolutionary biologists have long been puzzled by the question of why human beings have retained body hair. Most agree that changes to the fur that our ancestors sported came about as a means ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Robotic bug gets wings, sheds light on evolution of flight (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A six-legged, 25 gram robot has been fitted with flapping wings in order to gain an insight into the evolution of early birds and insects.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Report: Widespread data sharing, 'Web bugs'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information released a report late Monday (June 1) showing that the most popular Web sites in the United States all share ...
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Hovering not hard if you're top-heavy, researchers find
Top-heavy structures are more likely to maintain their balance while hovering in the air than are those that bear a lower center of gravity, researchers at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences ...
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Firefox looks to use HTML5 to run PDFs in the web browser
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the current generation of web browsers if you want to view a PDF in your web browser you are going to need the help of a plug-in to do it. While that may not sound like a major roadblock ...
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Probing Question: Why are bed bugs on the rise?
"Bed Bugs Invade New York City." "Bed Bugs Biting All Over US." "Bed Bugs Are Coming To Get You." From the headlines, you might think America was under attack by an army of millimeter-sized parasites. Media ...
Aug 12, 2010 |
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The Kiss of Death: Research targets lethal disease spread by insect that bites lips
(PhysOrg.com) -- It makes your skin crawl -- a bug that crawls onto your lips while you sleep, drawn by the exhaled carbon dioxide, numbs your skin, bites, then gorges on your blood. And if that's not insult ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Spider mite predators serve as biological control
The control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled in Pennsylvania apple ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Anti-Parasite Drugs for Neglected Chagas Disease Are in the Works
Larissa Podust, PhD, is working on a new drug for a neglected scourge, a chronic parasitic infection called Chagas disease. The parasite is carried and spread by the kissing bug.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Spring breakers should keep an eye out for bed bugs during travels
(PhysOrg.com) -- During the past three to four years, the instances of bed bug infestations have increased at an alarming rate at motels and hotels around the world. Instances of bed bug infestations have been reported at ...
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Call to action: Running out of options to fight ever-changing 'super bugs'
People are dying from "super bugs" because our antibiotic arsenal has run dry, leaving the world without sufficient weapons to fight ever-changing bacteria, warn infectious disease researchers at The University of Texas Medical ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Pandemic, or just a bad bug? (w/Webcast)
(PhysOrg.com) -- International alarm about swine flu is ebbing as the virus has proven far less virulent than was feared. But important questions and concerns remain about the new flu strain and its potential ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 08, 2009 |
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