I had the good fortune to care for the sugar gum at The University of Melbourne's Burnley Gardens in Victoria where I worked for many decades. It was a fine tree—tall and dominating. Less than a year after my retirement, ...
Ecology
Apr 24, 2024
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Scientists at the University of California, Davis, in partnership with the Mars Advanced Research Institute, have announced a significant breakthrough in the production of low-calorie sugar substitutes, such as allulose. ...
Biochemistry
Oct 24, 2023
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Imagine using insects as a source of chemicals to make plastics that can biodegrade later—with the help of that very same type of bug. That concept is closer to reality than you might expect. Researchers describe their ...
Biochemistry
Aug 14, 2023
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The origins of powered flight and laryngeal echolocation in bats are widely cited as evidence that ancestral bats evolved as insectivores. Moreover, others have hypothesis that suggesting early bats were diurnal herbivores ...
Evolution
Aug 8, 2023
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Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed a handheld sensor that tests perspiration for cortisol and provides results in eight minutes, a key advance in monitoring a hormone whose levels ...
Biochemistry
Mar 22, 2023
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Americans' love affair with sugar can be a deadly attraction that sometimes leads to major health problems, including obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Biochemistry
Sep 20, 2022
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A new study from North Carolina State University shows the behavioral mechanism behind a sweet cockroach mating ritual that takes a bitter turn, resulting in rejected males.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2022
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For a creature that—legs and all—might be no larger than a pencil eraser, spiders continue to surprise researchers with their cognitive abilities.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2022
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Coastal wetlands are one of the most unique and important parts of Connecticut's landscape. They play an important ecological and economic role. A barrier against storms and flooding, natural filtration for water, an important ...
Ecology
Oct 20, 2021
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Sugar feeding prior to having an infected blood meal could protect a mosquito's ability to get infected and transmit arboviruses such as Zika, dengue and chikungunya, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2021
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