News tagged with digestive process

Researchers identify insect resistance to Bt pesticide

For the first time, researchers have identified how cabbage looper caterpillars in the field develop resistance to the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which naturally occurs in the soil and on plants ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Making blood-sucking deadly for mosquitoes

Inhibiting a molecular process cells use to direct proteins to their proper destinations causes more than 90 percent of affected mosquitoes to die within 48 hours of blood feeding, a UA team of biochemists ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Scorpion venom provides clues to cause, treatment of pancreatitis

A Brazilian scorpion has provided researchers at North Carolina State University and East Carolina University insight into venom's effects on the ability of certain cells to release critical components. The findings may prove ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Termites? gut reactions show how to improve renewable fuel, researchers say

(PhysOrg.com) -- Termite damage costs the U.S. more than $1 billion each year, but that same destructive power might help solve one of the nation’s most pressing economic quandaries: sustainable fuel production.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0