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The sun sets behind the Manhattan skyline on December 11 in New York

New Yorkers beware! New cockroach hits the Big Apple

Biology / Evolution

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

New Yorkers are used to fighting each other for space, but there may be a new contender in town according to a Rockefeller study that appears to have uncovered a new species of cockroach.


Birds Play an Important Role in the Spread of Lyme Disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The range of Lyme disease is spreading in North America and it appears that birds play a significant role by transporting the Lyme disease bacterium over long distances, a new study by the Yale School of ...


Scientists map speed of climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (18) | comments 14

New study finds that the average ecosystem will need to shift about a quarter mile per year to keep pace with global climate change.


Genetic study reveals the origins of cavity-causing bacteria

Medicine & Health / Research

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have uncovered the complete genetic make-up of the cavity-causing bacterium Bifidobacterium dentium Bd1, revealing the genetic adaptations that allow this microorganism to live and cause decay in the human oral ...


New tool in the fight against mosquito-borne disease: A microbial 'mosquito net'

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Earlier this year, researchers showed that they could cut the lives of disease-carrying mosquitoes in half by infecting them with a bacterium they took from fruit flies. Now, a new report in the December 24th issue of Cell, ...


Scientists show that plants have measure of the shortest day

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 22 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is not only people who feel the effects of short winter days - new research by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Warwick has shed light on how plants calculate their own winter solstice. ...


Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA)

First volume of microbial encyclopedia published

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The Earth is estimated to have about a nonillion (1030) microbes in, on, around, and under it, comprised of an unknown but very large number of distinct species. Despite the widespread availability of microbi ...


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Citrus surprise: Vitamin C boosts the reprogramming of adult cells into stem cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 3 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Famous for its antioxidant properties and role in tissue repair, vitamin C is touted as beneficial for illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer and perhaps even for slowing the aging process. Now, ...



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