Biology News

Study of planarian hormones may aid in understanding parasites Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 23:00
A study of peptide hormones in the brain of a seemingly primitive flatworm reveals the surprising complexity of its nervous system and opens up a new approach for combating a major parasitic disease,
Urine as a Commercial Fertilizer? Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 23:00
The separate collection of urine provides innovative opportunities for the improvement of sanitation and the recycling of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Urine separation is an excellent sanitatio
Biologists Develop Model to Predict Extinction Risk to Birds Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 23:00
A tool to improve biodiversity conservation during rapid global change: a statistical model that helps predict the risk of extinction for almost 90 percent of the world’s bird species.
Will More Acidic Oceans Be Noisier? Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 23:00
Acousticians quiet warnings that sounds will travel farther, there is a connection between ocean chemistry and sound propagation.
Forget the Coppertone: Water fleas in mountain ponds can handle UV rays Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 23:00
Some tiny crustaceans living in clear-water alpine ponds high in Washington state's Olympic Mountains have learned how to cope with the sun's damaging ultraviolet rays without sunblock and with ver
An Indirect Route to Taming Flatworm Infection Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 23:00
a new approach for studying flat worms in the lab and identified a reproductive hormone that might be the worm's Achilles' heel.
Rotten experiments help to create picture of our early ancestors Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 23:00
How can watching primitive fish rot away reveal answers to the fundamental questions of how, when and why our earliest vertebrate ancestors evolved
Compound in celery, peppers reduces age-related memory deficits Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 23:00
A diet rich in the plant compound luteolin reduces age-related inflammation in the brain and related memory deficits by directly inhibiting the release of inflammatory molecules in the brain, research