News tagged with defense strategy

Birds' strategic mobbing fends off parasitic invaders

Jan 29, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Reed warblers use mobbing as a front line of nest defense against parasitic cuckoos, according to a new report published online on January 29th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Cuckoos act as parasites by lay ...

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Missile defense test aborted when target fails

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The Missile Defense Agency says a planned test of a ground-based missile defense system in Hawaii was aborted because the target missile failed.

Bacteria surrenders plant war secrets

Biology /

Jul 13, 2006 | 4.2 / 5 (9) | 0

U.S. scientists say they've discovered the secret weapon of bacteria -- the way they secure a foothold in plants to launch an invasion.

Activating the lung's antioxidant defense by targeting Nrf2 inhibits the development of emphysema

Medicine & Health / Research

Dec 22, 2008 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Using a molecule similar to one found in an experimental cancer drug, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health demonstrated that activation of a key component of the lung's antioxidant defense system, ...

Trojan horse strategy defeats drug-resistant bacteria

Medicine & Health / Research

Mar 16, 2007 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

A new antimicrobial approach can kill bacteria in laboratory experiments and eliminate life-threatening infections in mice by interfering with a key bacterial nutrient, according to research led by a University of Washington ...

Study: Vioxx poses even short-term risks

Medicine & Health /

May 03, 2006 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

A Montreal study raises questions about even short-term use of the pain drug Vioxx and may harm Merck & Co.'s defense against 11,500 lawsuits, a report said.

Scientists find potential strategy to eliminate poisonous protein from Alzheimer brains

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Oct 23, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (15) | 0

Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have identified a new strategy to destroy amyloid-beta (AB) proteins, which are widely believed to cause Alzheimer's disease (AD). Li Gan, PhD, and her ...

Trees evolved camouflage defense against long extinct predator: First evidence of camouflage defense in plants

Biology / Plants & Animals

Jul 22, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (14) | 30

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many animal species such as snakes, insects and fish have evolved camouflage defences to deter attack from their predators. However research published in New Phytologist has discovered that t ...

Panel blasts federal nanotech risk research strategy

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Dec 10, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 2

A National Research Council (NRC) committee today issued a highly critical report describing serious shortfalls in the Bush administration's strategy to better understand the environment, health and safety (EHS) risks of ...

Playing dead is no game for ant survival

Biology /

Apr 08, 2008 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Pretending to be dead is an effective self-defense strategy adopted by young fire ant workers under attack from neighboring colonies. This tactic makes them four times more likely to survive aggression than older workers ...