News tagged with pheromone
Research defines neurons that control sociability in worms
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Apr 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ants colonize. Fish shoal. Flamingos flock and caribou herd. Earth is populated by inherently social beings. Even lowly worms seek out the benefits of companionship. New research at The Rockefeller ...
Chemical come-on successfully lures lovesick lampreys to traps
Jan 21, 2009 |
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A synthetic chemical version of what male sea lampreys use to attract spawning females can lure them into traps and foil the mating process of the destructive invasive species, according to Michigan State ...
Fungus found in humans shown to be nimble in mating game
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Brown University researchers have discovered that Candida albicans, a human fungal pathogen that causes thrush and other diseases, pursues same-sex mating in addition to conventional opposite-sex mating.
Scientists use bed bugs' own chemistry against them
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Scientists here have determined that combining bed bugs' own chemical signals with a common insect control agent makes that treatment more effective at killing the bugs.
Why silkworms find mulberries attractive
May 07, 2009 |
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A new study published online on May 7th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, has found the source of silkworms' attraction to mulberry leaves, their primary food source. A jasmine-scented chemical emitte ...
Bumblebees learn the sweet smell of foraging success
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Oct 24, 2008 |
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Bumblebees use flower scent to guide their nest-mates to good food sources, according to scientists from Queen Mary, University of London.
Smells like bees' spirit
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Aug 13, 2008 |
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Bumblebees choose whether to search for food according to how stocked their nests are, say scientists from Queen Mary, University of London.
Pheromones enhance sex, slow aging -- in worms
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Aug 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People will pay big bucks for pills that promise to enhance sex or slow aging. Now, a Cornell researcher and colleagues have uncovered a class of small molecules in tiny worms that not only ...
New research could lead to no scent, no sex for the Japanese beetle
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Jun 30, 2008 |
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No scent. No sex. If a male Japanese beetle is unable to detect the sex pheromone released by a female, he won't be able to locate her and reproduce.
New orchid deception found: wearing the scent of hornet's prey
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Orchids are famous for their deceptions. Most of those with nothing of value to offer their pollinators lure them instead with the scents of more rewarding flowers or potential mates. Now, a report published online on August ...
No Mistaking this Bug with New Insect ID Technique
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Misidentifying boll weevils caught in pheromone traps could be easier to avoid, thanks to a new DNA fingerprinting method devised by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their ...
Unique pheromone detection system uncovered
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have overturned the current theory of how a pheromone works at the molecular level to trigger behavior in fruit flies.
