Insects master abstract concepts
An insect's brain is capable of constructing and handling abstract concepts. It can even use two different concepts simultaneously in order to make a decision when faced with a new situation.
An insect's brain is capable of constructing and handling abstract concepts. It can even use two different concepts simultaneously in order to make a decision when faced with a new situation.
Plants & Animals
May 3, 2012
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Organically grown potatoes have a higher gene expression of starch production than conventional ones. This statement is put forward by RIKILT, part of Wageningen UR, researcher Jeroen van Dijk, who can tell organically grown ...
Biotechnology
May 3, 2012
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Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission five months ago.
Space Exploration
May 3, 2012
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The latest images are in from Saturns very own personal paparazzi, NASAs Cassini spacecraft, fresh from its early morning flyby of the ice-spewing moon Enceladus. And, being its last closeup for the next three ...
Space Exploration
May 3, 2012
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Krystal Tung 13 wanted to follow the yellow brick road. When the Cabot House resident heard that this springs House musical would be The Wizard of Oz, she headed straight for the stage.
Social Sciences
May 3, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- An EU-funded interdisciplinary study has contributed a deeper understanding of glass production in Italy in the Roman age.
Archaeology
May 3, 2012
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A new study by a team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) indicates that thin polymer films can have different properties depending on the method by which they are made. The ...
Soft Matter
May 3, 2012
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There is potential to store large volumes of Australias precious fresh water underground, to offset climate change, avoid evaporation losses and meet national water needs into the future, leading water scientists say.
Environment
May 3, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- The same freezing which is responsible for transforming liquids into glasses can help to predict some patterns observed in prime numbers, according to a team of scientists from Queen Mary, University of London ...
Mathematics
May 3, 2012
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Martijn Eggink is cultivating a new bell pepper variety with an exotic flavour. This is the basis for his PhD research at Wageningen UR, in which he will correlate the flavour of the bell pepper to sugars, acids and aroma ...
Biotechnology
May 3, 2012
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