biology

For the present examine, Tombak, then a PhD candidate at Princeton, and her workforce needed to check stripe width to see if narrower ones could be much more repulsive to flies—a possible evolutionary benefit that may clarify the…

Proving that this manner of manufacturing pheromones works, and that they’re efficient, has taken nearly a decade. “We at the moment are taking a look at scaling up the method and introducing them available in the market,” says Löfstedt.…

The Aedes aegypti mosquito isn't just a nuisance—it’s a identified provider of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika viruses. Distinguished by the black and white stripes on its legs, the species is without doubt one of the most…

Within the muddy trenches of World Battle I, hundreds of troopers on either side fell sick with dysentery, a diarrheal illness typically unfold by contaminated water. Curiously, one German soldier deployed within the Balkans didn’t…

The explanation they may go for a extra information-dense bit is due to the physics of the studying head. When the pinnacle sticks to a -1, it contorts in a predictable manner. When it sticks to a piece deemed +1, it contorts the other…

However even when the platforms’ accuracy improves, it’s exhausting to know whether or not they would be capable to detect a very new organism that scientists have by no means seen earlier than. Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at…

Black widows should despise Clint Sergi. Whereas engaged on his PhD in biology on the College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sergi spent his time designing little challenges for spiders—which regularly concerned rewarding them with tasty…

Right here’s a spooky conundrum: Is a spore alive or lifeless?Gürol Süel, a biologist on the College of California, San Diego, wouldn’t blame you if you happen to voted for lifeless: “There’s nothing to detect: no heartbeat, no gene…

In September, Hurricane Ian smashed into the southwest coast of Florida, bringing with it a storm surge that reached 13 ft within the coastal city of Fort Myers. Heat, brackish Gulf water inundated houses and companies in addition to…

halioua started 2020 with $5.1 million in funding. By the use of thanks she despatched all of her traders, together with Rosen, fluffy toy puppies carrying firm bandanas. She secured an workplace on the sting of downtown San Francisco,…