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Bees know how to count
With brain size just like sesame seeds, honey bees have shocked the scientists of Australia and Sweden as they show their mathematical recognition at their basic level.
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The small fungus reproduces sexually when it infects the host
A fungus called microsporidia that causes chronic diarrhea in AIDS patients has recently been listed as a member of the mushroom family.
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Mushrooms make diesel
A team led by Montana State University professor has discovered a fungus that can produce a new diesel oil.
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HIV has been raging for hundreds of years
The emergence of sub-Saharan cities in Africa in the early 20th century triggered the spread of AIDS-causing viruses.
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The most spicy when fighting enemies
Researchers at the University of Washington found that the chilliness of chili would increase in proportion to the amount of enemies it had to deal with like insects, fu…
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Glow worm
Dr. David Merritt of the University of Queensland (Australia) discovered daily biorhythms as a factor in the act of turning on and off 'lights' in glowing worms.
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First synthetic tree
In Cornell University lab, for the first time in the world, the research group of Abraham Stroock and Tobias Wheeler created synthetic plants ...
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Bacteria - Future fuel source?
With a new computer system, Sheffeild University scientists have developed the metabolic mechanism of Nostoc bacteria. Accordingly, Nostoc fixes nitrogen, and releases h…
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Algae - oil of the future
Using algae to produce biofuel instead of oil is like an arrow that hits two targets: to create energy and to clean the environment.
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Gene loss makes gay male flies homosexual
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have recently discovered that male fruit flies lack genes that regulate the body's ability to perceive a particular odor.
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Parasitic plants outperform predators in estuarine areas
In a study of free parasitic species at three estuaries on the Pacific coast in California and Baja California, a team of researchers from the University of California,…
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Mushrooms can save bees
One of the biggest threats in the world for honey bees and honeycombs (varroa mite), soon will be plague. Researchers at the University of Warwick are investigating wild…
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Decode the genome of the world's most harmful insect
Scientists from the CSIRO Foundation and the University of Melbourne in Australia and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, are about to make a discovery that co…
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Insecticides can kill 3 generations of cockroaches
According to Purdue University entomologists in the process of testing the effectiveness of specialized gel primers, only one dose of insecticide can kill three generati…
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The bacteria that cause Lyme disease originate in Europe before the Ice Age
Researchers at the University of Bath have recently discovered a bacterium that causes Lyme disease originating in Europe, not North America, as previously thought.