Terahertz technology is an emerging field that promises to improve a host of useful applications, ranging from passenger scanning at airports to huge digital data transfers. Terahertz radiation sits between ...

Physics - General Physics

May 08, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Monarch butterflies have long been admired for their sense of direction, as they migrate from Canada and the United States to Mexico. According to new findings from a team of scientists, including researchers ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 08, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org) —A study by the universities of Manchester and Liverpool observing monkeys has found that those in the middle hierarchy suffer the most social stress. Their work suggests that the source of this ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 02, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0 |

A study at the University of Liverpool into the spread of sexually transmitted infection in ladybirds has shown that disease risk to large populations cannot be predicted without a full understanding of the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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(Phys.org)—Ken Shepard, a professor of electrical engineering, believes there is nowhere else in the world where he could do what he does. "Imagine a convergence of semiconductor technology and biotechnology. ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jan 30, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Thanks to cultural evolution, male Savannah sparrows are changing their tune, partly to attract "the ladies."

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 29, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that male mice produce a pheromone that provokes females and competitor males to remember a preference for the place where the pheromone was previously ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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(Phys.org)—Tropical montane cloud forest trees use more than their roots to take up water. They also drink water from clouds directly through their leaves, University of California, Berkeley, scientists ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

Social animals usually congregate for protection or mating or to capture bigger prey, but a University of California, Berkeley, biologist has found that the terrestrial hermit crab has a more self-serving ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 26, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 1 |

A plant that is unremarkable in one environment becomes an invasive species in another, pushing through house foundations and sprouting up through roads. A house sparrow that's a perfectly charming resident ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 02, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 1

Tadpole shrimp are pests of rice production systems in California and have recently been found impacting Missouri and Arkansas rice fields. The shrimp feed on rice seedlings and uproot them during foraging, ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 28, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

The green stink bug is one of the most damaging native stink bug species in the United States. Stink bugs feeding on cotton, soybeans, tomatoes, peaches, and other crops can result in cosmetic damage as well ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 26, 2012 not rated yet 0

Scientists from the University of Liverpool are part of an international research project to apply the properties of drought-adapted desert plants, like agave, to poplar trees, a recognised biofuel crop.

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

DNA barcoding developed by University of Guelph researchers has proven up to 88 per cent effective in authenticating natural health products, according to a new U of G study.

Biology - Biotechnology

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(Phys.org)—Purdue University scientists have determined that a gene long known to be involved in cancer cell formation and chemotherapy resistance is key to proper RNA creation, an understanding that could one day lead ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Sep 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |