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Life & Chemistry

A Bee's Future as Queen Or Worker May Rest with Parasitic Fly

A tiny parasitic fly is affecting the social behavior of a nocturnal bee, helping to determine which individuals become queens and which become workers.The…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

No-Tillage Plus: Enhancing Tropical Soil Sustainability with Cover Crops

Tropical soils often behave differently than temperate soils when being farmed. In tropical regions, soils lose nutrients quickly when cultivated.With food…

Studies and Analyses

Soil’s Carbon Storage Capacity Investigated

As atmospheric CO2 levels rise, methods to mitigate these increases are becoming very important. Three studies published in the July-August 2008 issue of Soil…

Physics & Astronomy

New Class of Glassy Material Discovered by Scientists

Dynamic frustration has been found to be the cause of glassy behavior in materials that previously had none of the features of a normal glass.”This has been a…

Transportation and Logistics

Green Tech Bus: DOE-Inspired Innovation with Hybrid Power

This new green technology 40-foot bus features a high-strength stainless steel body and chassis and a hybrid power system that drives the bus primarily with…

Life & Chemistry

Olfactory Fine-Tuning: How Fruit Flies Locate Mates

Disable this calibration system, and flies have trouble finding a mate, the researchers found.Just like overly bright light can wash out a photographic image,…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Questions Survival of Dinosaur Soft Tissues

But new research challenges that finding and suggests that the supposed recovered dinosaur tissue is in reality biofilm – or slime.”I believed that preserved…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Antibiotic Resistance Challenges

Although antibiotics are the most preferred treatment against bacterial infection and disease, it has become apparent that some diseases can't be treated…

Life & Chemistry

'Hidden' Van Gogh painting revealed

A An international research team, including members from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and the University of Antwerp (Belgium), has…

Physics & Astronomy

GOCE Spacecraft Prepares for Transport to Launch Site

Preparations for the transport of the spacecraft began on 23 July when it was packed in its own nitrogen-pressurised container inside the GOCE clean room at…

Environmental Conservation

European Birds Adapt to Warming Climate in Britain

Researchers at Durham, the RSPB and Cambridge University have found that birds such as the Cirl Bunting and Dartford Warbler are becoming more common across a…

Studies and Analyses

Alcohol Consumption Linked to Higher Allergic Rhinitis Risk

The study, published in the July issue of Clinical and Experimental Allergy, found that the risk increased 3% for every additional alcoholic drink per week. In…

Information Technology

Virtual Doctor in Ambulance: Enhancing Emergency Care

Diagnosing and treating a critically ill or injured patient as early as possible can mean the difference between life and death. A new communications system…

Health & Medicine

Alzheimer's disease patients show improvement in trial of new drug

The drug, known as PBT2, counteracts the production and build-up of a protein called amyloid-beta that occurs in Alzheimer's disease. This protein, which can…

Life & Chemistry

Frankincense: A Natural Relief for Arthritis Pain

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis; it commonly affects weight-bearing joints such as the knees and hips, along with the hands, wrists, feet…

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