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World's first captive breeding of Ozark hellbenders at Saint Louis Zoo

The Saint Louis Zoo's Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation and the Missouri Department of Conservation announced on Nov. 30, 2011, that Ozark hellbenders have been bred in captivity—a first for either of the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The art of magnetic writing

Computer files that allow us to watch videos, store pictures, and edit all kinds of media formats are nothing else but streams of "0" and "1" digital data, that is, bits and bytes. Modern computing technology is based on ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The fly family genealogy

Certain blackflies can cause river blindness in humans. But which ones? Wageningen University candidate Luis Miguel Hernandez systematized the relationships within the blackfly subgenus Trichodagmia and came up with some ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parents are the biggest influence on children's attitude towards alcohol, study finds

A report released today by the Universities of Leeds and Manchester shows that parents are the most important influence on young children’s - aged 5 to 12 - attitudes towards alcohol.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers equip robot sub with sensory system inspired by blind fish

German researchers have equipped an underwater robot with a sensory system they expect will eventually prove effective, reliable, and energy-efficient in environments ranging from the sea floor to turbid rivers ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The secretive immune system of the salmon

During his doctoral thesis, Erlend Haugarvoll discovered new aspects of the salmon immune system. His research looked at the immune cells in the gills of salmon and at immune responses to vaccination. A special ...

Biology /

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Red-eyed treefrog embryos actively avoid asphyxiation inside their eggs

Boston University undergraduate Jessica Rogge and associate professor Karen Warkentin, working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's laboratories in Gamboa, Panama, discovered that frog embryos ...

Biology /

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Device allows scientists to control gene activity across generations of cells

Just as cells inherit genes, they also inherit a set of instructions that tell genes when to become active, in which tissues and to what extent. Now, Rockefeller University researchers have built a device that, by allowing ...

Biology /

created Feb 29, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Magnetic nanoparticles boost green chemistry

Using the unique properties of new nanometer-scale magnetic particles, researchers have for the first time separated for reuse two different catalysts from a multi-step chemical reaction done in a single vessel.

Nanotechnology /

created Mar 15, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (32) | comments 0


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