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Early planting lets farmers be both mean and green, study shows
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Oct 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Farmers can be both mean and green when protecting their canola fields from a pesky insect that poses a chronic threat, says a University of Alberta researcher.
Edinburgh rabbit owners warned of disease
Aug 08, 2007 |
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Pet rabbit owners in Edinburgh, Scotland, have been warned they are at risk of contracting a deadly virus during this warm, wet summer.
Shopping is a way of interacting with the world around us
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2008 |
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Our relationship with objects is multilayered and often very emotional, and this is expressed in the way we shop. Swedish ethnologist Erik Ottoson of Uppsala University has studied the way we look for things in shopping malls, ...
'Snow flea antifreeze protein' could help improve organ preservation
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Scientists in Illinois and Pennsylvania are reporting development of a way to make the antifreeze protein that enables billions of Canadian snow fleas to survive frigid winter temperatures.
Environmental regulators warn flea treatments may be toxic to pets
May 12, 2009 |
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Federal environmental regulators are warning pet owners and veterinarians to closely follow instructions if they use several popular flea and tick treatments, and monitor their pets, as they investigate thousands of reports ...
UW-Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On Sept. 11, a standard cruise on Lake Mendota's University Bay began for students in University of Wisconsin-Madison's Zoology 315, a course that introduces them to the study of lakes. With the sampling ...
Cat fleas' journey into the vacuum is a 'one-way trip'
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Dec 17, 2007 |
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Homeowners dogged by household fleas need look no farther than the broom closet to solve their problem. Scientists have determined that vacuuming kills fleas in all stages of their lives, with an average of 96 percent success ...
Reservoirs promote spread of aquatic invasive species
Oct 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest "damming" evidence suggests that manmade reservoirs are facilitating the spread of invasive species in Wisconsin lakes.
Invasive species spreads to Vilas County lake in Wisconsin
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Aug 31, 2007 |
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The spiny water flea, a small but aggressive aquatic invasive species, has made its way into another of Wisconsin's lakes, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reported last week.
Genes could solve pollution mysteries
Jul 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time identified environmental pollutants by looking at the genes of a small, freshwater crustacean. This new gene-based ...
Jurassic Park from a Swiss lake?
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Ecological changes caused by humans affect natural biodiversity. For example, the eutrophication of Greifensee and Lake Constance in the 1970s and 1980s led to genetic changes in a species of water flea which ...
Google to target ads based on Web surfing habits
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google will use the information it collects on people's Web surfing habits to show more ads tailored to their individual interests.
Biological invasions increasing due to freshwater impoundments
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Sep 02, 2008 |
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The growing number of dams and other impoundments is increasing the number of invasive species and the speed at which they spread, putting natural lakes at risk, says a study led by the University of Colorado ...
Biologists find new environmental threat in North American lakes
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Nov 27, 2008 |
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A new and insidious environmental threat has been detected in North American lakes by researchers from Queen's and York universities.
Plague proteome reveals proteins linked to infection
Nov 22, 2006 |
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Recreating growth conditions in flea carriers and mammal hosts, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists have uncovered 176 proteins and likely proteins in the plague-bacterium Yersinia pestis whose numbers rise ...
