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Invasive garden ants as new pest insects in Europe

Biology /

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Northern Europe has so far been free from invasive pest ants, but it seems just a matter of time until Lasius neglectus, a new ant that was discovered in 1990, will reach these latitudes and wreak havoc in parks and garden ...





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Attack of the invasive garden ants

Attack of the invasive garden ants

Biology /

created Feb 26, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An ant that is native to Eurasia is threatening to become the latest in a procession of species to invade Europe, as a result of inadvertent human introduction. Research published in the online open access ...


Key to the success of invasive ants discovered

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An international team of researchers, with the participation of Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona and CREAF, has achieved to resolve fundamental questions related to the behaviour of ants. Researchers discovered how ...


Community gardens don't impact crime rate

Community gardens don't impact crime rate

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Urban residents across the United States have dug in to create green spaces in their neighborhoods, transforming vacant lots into colorful and crowd-pleasing community gardens. According to the American Community ...


China's economic boom sparks biological invasions

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created Apr 01, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The rapid growth of China’s industrial and transportation infrastructure is helping to establish non-native species throughout that country and “setting the stage for potentially rampant environmental damage,” according to ...


Ornamentals to Brighten the Fall Garden Palette

Ornamentals to Brighten the Fall Garden Palette

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With “trick-or-treaters” coming soon, imagine two spirited new pepper varieties making an appearance in your neighborhood as well. The new pepper cultivars have been released by the Agricultural ...


Recycling Food Scraps into Gardens

Recycling Food Scraps into Gardens

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Each weekday, food scraps are collected from the Maryland Food Distribution Authority in Jessup, Md., and from small local food service and marketing establishments. Materials that do not contain metal, glass, ...


Stress urinary incontinence: Minimally invasive operations as effective as open surgery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New, less invasive surgical treatments for stress urinary incontinence in women are just as effective as traditional open surgical approaches, according to Cochrane Researchers. The researchers carried out a systematic review ...


Radiological treatment method spares patients surgery and offers 89 percent cost savings

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Pericardial effusion, the collection of fluid around the heart, typically occurs in patients following heart surgery and is usually treated using an invasive surgical drainage technique. However researchers have discovered ...


University of Arizona researchers seek safer cystic fibrosis test

Researchers seek safer cystic fibrosis test

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from The University of Arizona Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine are teaming up to try to invent a novel non-invasive lung test for cystic fibrosis sufferers.


Flowering lantana draws butterflies -- but little water

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Big color, little water, lots of butterflies. How does that sound? That's the story of lantana in a nutshell. But I'm famous for verbosely pontificating on the attributes of plants whenever I have an audience, so let's dig ...



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