A Swedish–Norwegian research team shows in a new study that the intestines of the peculiar Penis worm develop in the same way as those in humans, fish and starfish. This surprising discovery shows that ...
Oct 26, 2012
5 / 5 (2)
9
|
Crows fed on prion-infected brains from mice can transmit these infectious agents in their feces and may play a role in the geographic spread of diseases caused by prions, such as chronic wasting disease or scrapie.
Oct 17, 2012
5 / 5 (3)
0
Achieving the best performance from a horse is the goal of not just professional riders, but also the millions of amateur and hobby riders all over the world. A new article published in BioMed Central's open ...
Sep 26, 2012
not rated yet
1
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 ...
Apr 23, 2012
3 / 5 (2)
0
It provides the raw material for liquorice candy, calms the stomach and alleviates diseases of the airways: liquorice root. Chosen as the "Medicinal plant 2012", the root has been treasured in traditional healing since ancient ...
Apr 17, 2012
5 / 5 (2)
0
UC Irvine researchers have discovered how Salmonella, a bacterium found in contaminated raw foods that causes major gastrointestinal distress in humans, thrives in the digestive tract despite the immune system's best effort ...
Mar 14, 2012
5 / 5 (2)
0
|
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in the Journal of Biogeography, researchers from the Tohoku University in Japan show how 15 percent of the Tornatellides boeningi, or tiny land snail, are able to s ...
Jul 12, 2011
4.5 / 5 (2)
1
|
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by scientists in the US has solved the mystery of why predatory fish have a far greater digestive capacity than they actually need. The study suggests the reason is that the extra-large ...
Jul 08, 2011
5 / 5 (1)
1
|
(AP) -- New Zealand's favorite penguin visitor is more lively and eating fish after undergoing endoscopic surgery Monday to remove some of the beach sand and twigs it swallowed, apparently mistaking it for ...
Jun 27, 2011
not rated yet
0
(AP) -- A young emperor penguin stranded in New Zealand has survived two medical procedures and now has an offer of a lift home.
Jun 25, 2011
not rated yet
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- For most people the word bacteria will conjure up either images of nasty microorganisms that we fight against daily by cleaning the spaces around us, or the type of 'good' bacteria doctors ...
Jun 09, 2011
5 / 5 (1)
0
Cows eat grass -- this has been observed for eons. From this fibrous diet consisting mainly of the tough to degrade plant cell wall materials cellulose and hemicellulose, substances of no nutritional value ...
Jan 27, 2011
3.7 / 5 (3)
1
|
Baked goods made from hydrolyzed wheat flour are not toxic to celiac disease patients, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Associ ...
Jan 19, 2011
5 / 5 (2)
0
We like a good fright, but can you actually be scared to death?
Nov 08, 2010
4.7 / 5 (3)
0
