New research from the University of British Columbia and North Carolina State University could help scientists track how climate change is impacting the birds and the bees... of honey bees.
Plants & Animals
Apr 27, 2020
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Without enough sugar in their diets, bumblebee queens can experience difficulty reproducing and shorter lifespans.
Ecology
Feb 27, 2020
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Argentine ants are one of the most successful invasive species in the world. Scientist from University of Oulu and University of Girona, Spain, have previously identified viruses from the invasive Argentine ants of the Mediterranean ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 6, 2020
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One wasp species has evolved the ability to recognize individual faces among their peers—something that most other insects cannot do—signaling an evolution in how they have learned to work together.
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2020
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A new research centre which aims to revolutionise medical research and drug development using microengineered Organs-on-Chips has opened at Queen Mary University of London.
Biotechnology
Jan 16, 2020
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Cat fights, mean girls, Queen Bees.
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2020
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This smattering of celestial sequins is a spiral galaxy named NGC 4455, located in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). This might sound like an odd name for a constellation—and in fact it is ...
Astronomy
Jan 6, 2020
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They say love is blind, but if you're a queen honeybee it could mean true loss of sight.
Plants & Animals
Sep 10, 2019
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Queen stingless bees face an increased risk of being executed by worker bees if they mate with two males rather than one, according to new research by the University of Sussex and the University of São Paulo.
Plants & Animals
Aug 20, 2019
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Physicists at the University of Innsbruck are proposing a new model that could demonstrate the supremacy of quantum computers over classical supercomputers in solving optimization problems. In a recent paper, they demonstrate ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 10, 2019
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