News tagged with recruitment pheromone
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.
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A first: Researchers apply efficient coding principle to sense of smell
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Apr 25, 2008 |
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For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the efficient coding principle regarding neurobiological processes applies to sense of smell. The team, comprised of researchers from the Czech Academy of Sciences and ...
Enzyme Discovery Could Lead to No Scent, No Sex for Japanese Beetle
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Jun 18, 2008 |
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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. UC Davis researchers have discovered how a key enzyme interacts with those pheromones in ...
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.
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.
Invasive Nettle Moth Triggers Hawaii Research
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like children everywhere, kids in Hawaii love to run barefoot through tall grass. But an invasive pest called the nettle moth caterpillar can take the fun out of this simple childhood pleasure, ...
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 ...
How sea slugs fall in love
Aug 14, 2007 |
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Scott Cummins and his colleagues at The University of Queensland have uncovered a potent mix of chemicals which acts like a cross between Chanel No 5 and Viagra—but only if you are a sea slug.
Apolipoprotein(a): A natural regulator of inflammation
Dec 24, 2008 |
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In a study to be published in the January 09 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Hoover-Plow and co-workers in seeking to define a role of apo(a) in leukocyte recruitment have identified a novel activity of apo(a) ...
'Fear detector' being developed
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- British scientists are aiming to develop a device that can detect the smell of fear, and that could one day identify terrorists, drug smugglers, and other criminals.
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 ...
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