News tagged with spiracles
Cockroaches Control Their Breathing to Save Water
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many insects have been known for decades to hold their breath when resting, but the reasons have not been well understood. A new study on cockroaches suggests the insects reduce their breathing ...
Sep 24, 2009 |
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UA pursues links between worms and their bacteria
The NemaSym Research Coordination Network is an opportunity for scientists to collaborate on nematode research.
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Insects hold atomic clues about the type of habitats in which they live
Scientists have discovered that insects contain atomic clues as to the habitats in which they are most able to survive. The research has important implications for predicting the effects of climate change on the insects, ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Were our tetrapod ancestors deaf?
A research group led by Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, University of Southern Denmark, have shown that the closest living relatives of the tetrapods, the lungfish, are insensitive to sound pressure, but sensitive ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Snap of fruit fly embryo wins scientific photo competition
An eye-catching image of a fruit fly embryo, which was taken by a postgraduate student at the University of Sheffield, has beaten-off stiff competition from hundreds of entries to win an award at a special ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Study shows that suffocating head lice works in new treatment
A new non-neurotoxic treatment for head lice has been found to have an average of 91.2% treatment success rate after one week, and to be safe in humans from six months of age and up. This is the finding of a study published ...
Feb 24, 2010 |
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New insights into health and environmental effects of carbon nanoparticles
Carbon nanoparticles are widely used in medicine, electronics, optics, materials science and architecture, but their health and environmental impact is not fully understood.
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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Mites On Hissing Cockroach May Benefit Humans With Allergies
Tiny mites living on the surface of Madagascar hissing cockroaches help decrease the presence of a variety of molds on the cockroaches’ bodies, potentially reducing allergic responses among humans who handle ...
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Mites On Hissing Coackroach May Benefit Humans With Allergies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny mites living on the surface of Madagascar hissing cockroaches help decrease the presence of a variety of molds on the cockroaches' bodies, potentially reducing allergic responses among ...
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Microscopic morphology adds to the scorpion family tree
Modern microscopy technology has allowed two scorpion biologists, Carsten Kamenz of the Humboldt University in Berlin and Lorenzo Prendini of the American Museum of Natural History, to study and document what ...
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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Fruit-fly study adds weight to theories about another type of adult stem cell
It turns out that an old dog - or at least an old fruit-fly cell - can learn new tricks. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that mature, specialized cells naturally regress to serve as a ...
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Jul 31, 2008 |
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