A team of researchers from the University of Iowa and Rice University has found that crypt-keeper wasps parasitize multiple species of gall wasp. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the group describes ...
Neuromorphic devices—which emulate the decision-making processes of the human brain—show great promise for solving pressing scientific problems, but building physical systems to realize this potential presents researchers ...
General Physics
Jan 11, 2022
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As the saying goes, "When life gives you lemons, turn that tartness into little translucent balls in which to grow your young." At least, that's how the saying goes for a tiny insect called a cynipid wasp, whose larvae were ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2023
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Early this spring, Rice University evolutionary biologist Scott Egan stood in a patch of live oak scrub habitat in South Florida and scanned the trees for something he'd never seen outside his lab—a wispy, orange vine twining ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 20, 2018
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North America is home to 91 species of oak trees. Astoundingly, the various species rarely, if ever, occur alone. Where one kind of oak is found, invariably at least one more will be found. How can nature support a setup ...
Ecology
May 14, 2018
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Like kids taking apart a fine Swiss watch, scientists are laboring to understand what makes the biological clock that's inside every living creature tick.
Feb 8, 2009
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A plague of caterpillars is munching its way through the leaves on our trees. Oak forests are suffering the most, reports the Nature Calendar. Cause for concern? Not according to entomologist and expert on insect pests, Leen ...
Ecology
May 31, 2010
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(AP) -- It was a big shot. A big hog. And a big disappointment.
Ecology
Aug 20, 2010
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Solving a complex problem quickly requires careful tradeoffs – and simulating the behavior of materials is no exception. To get answers that predict molecular workings feasibly, scientists must swap in mathematical approximations ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 2, 2018
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A deadly bacterial disease with no known cure that ravaged olive groves in southern Italy three years ago has been detected in the French island of Corsica, industry officials said Tuesday.
Environment
Apr 3, 2018
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