News tagged with dewlap extensions


Robo-lizard

Robo-lizards help prove long-standing signaling theory

Biology /

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like teachers who rap a ruler before announcing homework in noisy classrooms, Puerto Rican anole lizards perform eye-catching pushups before beginning head-bobbing displays that advertise ...





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Google Chrome

Google Chrome extensions to be officially released

Technology / Internet

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google is expected to release its Extensions Gallery for general users of the new Chrome browser this week, possibly at the Add-On Conference on browser extensions to be held on December 11, ...


Anolis lineatopus

Jamaican lizards' shows of strength mark territory at dawn, dusk

Biology /

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

What does Jack LaLanne have in common with a Jamaican lizard? Like the ageless fitness guru, the lizards greet each new day with vigorous push-ups. That's according to a new study showing that male Anolis ...


NASA extends Johnson Space Center contract

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 13, 2007 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA has awarded five one-month extensions of its Johnson Space Center operations support contract to the Computer Sciences Corp. of Fort Worth, Texas.


New driver of brand extension success found by UM professor

Other Sciences / Other

created May 15, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Brand extensions, like Jeep’s strollers, Maxim’s hair color, or Apple’s iTunes are lucrative ways that a brand can increase its revenue and customer base-or confuse and alienate them. In an increasingly borderless world in ...


3 proteins may play important role in nerve-cell repair

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 11, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Some mature brain cells can grow new extensions when the amount of three particular proteins on their surface increases, a new study shows.


Google Wave Client

Google Wave to Launch Public Beta Service by End of September (w/ Video)

Technology / Internet

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has just announced it will be opening its public beta release of Google Wave Service on September 30. Google Wave is a real-time communication platform that combines aspects of email, ...


Clicking knees are antelopes' way of saying 'back off'

Clicking knees are antelopes' way of saying 'back off'

Biology /

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Knee clicking can establish mating rights among antelopes. A study of eland antelopes, published in the open access journal BMC Biology, has uncovered the dominance displays used by males to settle disput ...


Understanding the migration of cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 23, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

[B]Activity of regulatory proteins for the growth of filopodia and lamelopodia clarified[/B] Lamellipodia are veil-shaped protrusions of the plasma membrane, that can turn into upward-curled ruffles if they fail to adhere to ...


Trailblazers don't always come out ahead

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 23, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

It’s not always best to be first, finds a new study from the Journal of Consumer Research. Researchers from Purdue, Indiana University, and UConn examine how consumers will evaluate new products when they are released by an ...


Fluorescent cancer cells to guide brain surgeons

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Gliomas are malignant brain tumors that arise from glial (supporting) cells of the brain. Gliomas are often resistant to chemotherapy. These tumors grow fine extensions that infiltrate normal brain tissue and, in addition, ...



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