What worker bees do depends on how old they are. A worker a few days old will become a nurse bee that devotes herself to feeding larvae (brood), secreting beeswax to seal the cells that contain brood and attending to the ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 17, 2012
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The level of charitable and community contributions provided by poker machine operators is ‘miniscule’ in comparison to the amount of money lost by poker machine users within local communities, a new study has shown.
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2012
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While you’ve heard of the “mom and dad scholarship,” new research clears up some of the mystery about the number and scope of these grants given to today’s college students from their parents.
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2012
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Harvard Medical School researchers have engineered a photosynthetic cyanobacterium to boost sugar production, as a first step towards potential commercial production of biofuels and other biotechnologically and industrially ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 17, 2012
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The Arizona-Sonora region has been called the front line of ongoing climate change, with global climate models projecting severe precipitation decreases and temperature increases coupled with vulnerability from urbanization, ...
Environment
Apr 17, 2012
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New computer models are letting scientists forecast changes in the population of microbes in the English Channel up to a week in advance.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 17, 2012
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For Manolis Kellis, a deep interest in biology arose partly from an immersion in multiple languages.
Biotechnology
Apr 17, 2012
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These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's moons Enceladus and Tethys were taken on April 14, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Apr 17, 2012
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A state-of-the-art ocean model has been used in a new study to conduct the first detailed investigation of oceanic water flow between the Pacific and Indian Oceans via the south of Australia.
Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2012
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Engineers from the University of Bristol have developed illuminating ‘magic wands’ that work by picking up radio signals from mobile devices. The wands, to be showcased on BBC’s Bang Goes the Theory [16 April], ...
Telecom
Apr 17, 2012
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