CORVALLIS, Ore. – The analysis of a termite entombed for 100 million years in an ancient piece of amber has revealed the oldest example of “mutualism” ever discovered between an animal and microorganism, and also shows the unusual biology that helped make this one of the most successful, although frequently despised insect groups in the [...]
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1 moose, 2 moose: Scientist seeks correction in number of species
FAIRBANKS, Alaska—It is a misinterpretation of the application of the bedrock of scientific naming with regard to the number of moose species that Kris Hundertmark, a University of Alaska Fairbanks wildlife geneticist at the Institute of Arctic Biology, seeks to correct.
The adoption of Carl Linnaeus’ two-part, genus-species system of naming, called taxonomy, has been [...]
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As the swine flu continues its global spread, researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have discovered important clues about why influenza is more severe in some people than it is in others. In their research study published online in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (http://www.jleukbio.org), the scientists show that the influenza virus can [...]
During the last two decades, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. New research indicates they might have found even more except for one thing – some planets have fallen into their stars and simply no longer exist.
The idea that gravitational forces might pull a planet into its parent star [...]
Key Largo, Fla. – April 27, 2009 – A new study appearing in Restoration Ecology describes a novel technique for reattaching large sponges that have been dislodged from coral reefs. The findings could be generally applied to the restoration of other large sponge species removed by human activities or storm events.
20 specimens of the Caribbean [...]
The idea that far distant particles can somehow ‘talk’ to each other worried Einstein so much that he called it ’spooky action at a distance’.
Having confirmed its existence, scientists today are learning how to use this ’spooky action’ as a helpful tool. Now a team of physicists at the University of Bristol and Imperial [...]
COLLEGE STATION – The loss and fragmentation of Texas’ farms, ranches and forests is part of a continued trend that highlights the importance of rural lands in maintaining the state’s natural resources and economic base, according to a newly released study.
The study shows that lands classified as farms, ranches and forests declined in 156 of [...]
Scientists from Texas AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) are part of a consortium of researchers who have developed an annotated sequence of the cattle genome which could lead to better disease resistance and higher quality meat for consumers, the researchers say. Their work was led [...]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A team led by an Indiana University astronomer has found a sample of massive galaxies with properties that suggest that they may have formed relatively recently. This would run counter to the widely-held belief that massive, luminous galaxies (like our own Milky Way Galaxy) began their formation and evolution shortly after the [...]