A characteristic of insect societies such as ants is the way tasks are distributed among group members. Not only queens and worker ants have clearly defined responsibilities but the workers themselves also have particular ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 8, 2016
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Bringing three powerful chemical groups together offers new possibilities in drug development.
Materials Science
Mar 8, 2016
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, have developed a nanoparticle technology that can be used to stabilise membrane proteins so that their structure can be studied in a lipid environment. The method, described in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 8, 2016
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Scientists at Brunel University London have perfected the first ever grain refiner master alloy for magnesium-aluminium alloys.
Condensed Matter
Mar 8, 2016
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A Kansas State University entomologist has helped develop new methods to keep mites away from dry-cured hams while also meeting international requirements to protect the ozone layer.
Other
Mar 8, 2016
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Five years after the Fukushima nuclear accident, there is still no U.S. federal agency responsible for studies of radioactive contaminants in the ocean. But scientific data about the levels of radioactivity in the ocean ...
Environment
Mar 8, 2016
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Since January, there have not been any planets to see in the evening sky. Instead, all five bright planets have been visible in the early hours before sunrise. But now Jupiter, the king of the planets, is making a return ...
Space Exploration
Mar 8, 2016
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Two leading UK brands have pledged to switch from plastic to paper cotton bud sticks, marking an important step toward cleaner seas.
Environment
Mar 8, 2016
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Researchers from Boston College, US, have revealed the global spread of an ancient group of retroviruses that affected about 28 of 50 modern mammals' ancestors some 15 to 30 million years ago.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 8, 2016
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Murdoch University scientists involved in a project to restock the Swan and Canning Rivers with Western School Prawns have identified a key predator of the juveniles and are using their research findings to maximise prawn ...
Ecology
Mar 8, 2016
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