News tagged with deadly poison

Scientists solve ricin riddle using new technology

A protein that controls how the deadly plant poison and bioweapon ricin kills has finally been identified by a team of Austrian researchers in a new study. With a combination of stem cell biology and modern ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research may lead to new ways to control honeybee parasite

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ground-breaking discoveries by Michigan State University researchers could help protect honeybees from deadly parasites that have devastated commercial colonies.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Discovery of historical photos sheds light on Greenland ice loss

A chance discovery of 80-year-old photo plates in a Danish basement is providing new insight into how Greenland glaciers are melting today.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Bats: What sounds good doesn't always taste good

Bats use a combination of cues in their hunting sequence - capture, handling and consumption - to decide which prey to attack, catch and consume and which ones they are better off leaving alone or dropping ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rare elephant found dead in Indonesia

A critically-endangered Sumatran elephant has been found dead in Indonesia's Aceh province, an official said Wednesday, the second death from suspected poisoning within a month.

Biology / Ecology

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientists developing poison pill for Asian carp

Biologist Jon Amberg has spent the last two years obsessed with fish guts, laboring over a singular challenge: Develop a poison pill that will kill Asian carp and leave other fish unscathed.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Illegal toxic waste dump sparks anger in Russia

Russian authorities on Wednesday announced plans to clean up more than 160 tonnes of highly toxic waste that was illegally dumped close to a town after outraged residents appealed to the Kremlin.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New paper examines poison resistance in snakes around the world

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by University of Notre Dame biologist Michael Pfrender and a team of researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno; Utah State University; and the University of Virginia suggests ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Snakes around world evolve along similar path of poison resistance say biologists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Utah State University biologists have long studied varied species of North American garter snakes that have evolved an amazing resistance to a deadly neurotoxin found in innocuous-looking ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New family of legless amphibians found in India

Since before the age of dinosaurs it has burrowed unbothered beneath the monsoon-soaked soils of remote northeast India - unknown to science and mistaken by villagers as a deadly, miniature snake.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Invasive plant protects Australian lizards from invasive toad

An invasive plant may have saved an iconic Australian lizard species from death at the hands of toxic cane toads, according to research published in the March issue of The American Naturalist. It's an int ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Study finds decomposition responsible for fossilised deformations

A two-man research team from Germany and Switzerland has discovered how the decomposition of dead dinosaurs triggered strange deformations of fossilised dinosaurs. The finding counters what most researchers ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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