News tagged with blind mole
Blind moles use beauty for function, not fancy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long wondered why a blind mole that lives in underground darkness has beautiful iridescent hair. After all, many animals or birds with magnificent features exhibit their colorful ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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A new soldier in the war on cancer: The blind mole rat
If someone ever calls you a "dirty rat," consider it a compliment. A new discovery published online in the FASEB Journal shows that cellular mechanisms used by the blind mole rat to survive the very low oxygen environment of its ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Bottom of the swimming league: Naked mole rat sperm
Naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) live in a 'hive' society with one reproducing queen and between one and three reproducing males. The rest of the mole rats in the colony are workers either defending the bu ...
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Do holes make moles? Surprising first ancestor of bizarre marsupial moles
(PhysOrg.com) -- The mysterious origins of Australia's bizarre and secretive marsupial moles have been cast in a whole new and unexpected light with the first discovery in the fossil record of one of their ...
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Nov 03, 2010 |
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Computers intersect with sociology to sift through 'all our ideas'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sociologist Matthew Salganik has teamed up with Princeton computer scientists to develop a new way for organizations to solicit ideas from large groups of people and simultaneously have those ...
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Jul 20, 2010 |
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Naked mole rats may hold clues to surviving stroke
Blind, nearly hairless, and looking something like toothy, plump, pink fingers, naked mole rats may rank among nature's most maligned creatures, but their unusual physiology endears them to scientists.
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent
(AP) -- Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.
Nov 28, 2009 |
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In the Palace of the Naked Mole-Rat
Naked Mole-Rats are ugly, but also very interesting mammals. Now scientists want to find out, if the males influence the distribution of male and female progeny.
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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Burrowing mammals dig for a living, but how do they do that?
Next time you see a mole digging in tree-root-filled soil in search of supper, take a moment to ponder the mammal's humerus bones. When seen in the lab, they are nothing like the long upper arm bones of any ...
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Oct 28, 2007 |
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Ugly duckling mole rats might hold key to longevity
Who would have thought that the secrets to long life might exist in the naked, wrinkled body of one of the world's ugliest animals? Probably not many, but current research may be leading seekers of the Fountain ...
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Oct 05, 2007 |
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Stressed-out African naked mole-rats may provide clues about human infertility
Lyon, France: A tiny, blind, hairless subterranean rodent that lives in social colonies in the harsh, semi-arid conditions of Africa could shed light on stress-related infertility in humans, the 23rd annual meeting of the ...
Jul 02, 2007 |
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Scientists unravel the secret world of elephant communication
It's a cloudless July afternoon in Etosha National Park in northern Namibia, and ecologist Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell is scanning the horizon for elephants. "It's so fantastic here," she says. "We're constantly ...
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