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- Tiny swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before
- You've got mail: Research reveals workers' worst inbox sins
- Early warning: Internet surveillance predicts disease outbreak
- Not just clean but spotless -- Researchers show how cells tidy up
- Study reveals how ecstasy acts on brain, hints at therapeutic uses
- Fighting flies: Brain cells promote fighting in male fruit flies
- Big-headed fossil flies track major ecological revolution
- Sludge as new sentinel for human health risks
- World's largest animal genome belongs to locust: New insight explains swarming, long-distance migratory behaviors
- Loss of biodiversity limits toxin degradation
| Tiny swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before Posted: 17 Jan 2014 04:13 PM PST The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. Engineers have developed a class of tiny bio-hybrid machines that swim like sperm, the first synthetic structures that can traverse the viscous fluids of biological environments on their own. |
| You've got mail: Research reveals workers' worst inbox sins Posted: 17 Jan 2014 09:49 AM PST Workers obsessed with checking their emails could be damaging their own mental health and that of their colleagues, according to research. |
| Early warning: Internet surveillance predicts disease outbreak Posted: 17 Jan 2014 07:40 AM PST The habit of Googling for an online diagnosis before visiting a GP can provide early warning of an infectious disease epidemic. |
| Not just clean but spotless -- Researchers show how cells tidy up Posted: 17 Jan 2014 07:40 AM PST New findings give insights into how cells dispose of their waste. Malfunctions in this process have been linked to Alzheimer's disease and cancer. |
| Study reveals how ecstasy acts on brain, hints at therapeutic uses Posted: 17 Jan 2014 07:39 AM PST Brain imaging experiments have revealed for the first time how ecstasy produces feelings of euphoria in users. The findings hint at ways that ecstasy, or MDMA, might be useful in the treatment of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). |
| Fighting flies: Brain cells promote fighting in male fruit flies Posted: 17 Jan 2014 06:06 AM PST According to the latest studies from a fly laboratory, male Drosophilae, commonly known as fruit flies, fight more than their female counterparts because they have special cells in their brains that promote fighting. These cells appear to be absent in the brains of female fruit flies. |
| Big-headed fossil flies track major ecological revolution Posted: 16 Jan 2014 04:03 PM PST A team of biologists has discovered three new, extinct fossil species of big-headed flies. |
| Sludge as new sentinel for human health risks Posted: 16 Jan 2014 01:22 PM PST In a new study, a strong overlap is observed between chemicals found in biological samples taken from the human population and those detected in municipal biosolids. These findings suggest that analysis of sludge may provide a useful surrogate for the assessment of human exposure and bioaccumulation of potentially hazardous substances. |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:35 AM PST The world's largest animal genome belongs to the locust. The yielded genome is remarkably big- at 6.5 gigabytes, which is the largest animal genome sequenced so far, and includes information that helps to explain swarming and long-distance migratory behaviors. |
| Loss of biodiversity limits toxin degradation Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:33 AM PST You might not think of microbes when you consider biodiversity, but it turns out that even a moderate loss of less than 5 percent of soil microbes may compromise some key ecosystem functions and could lead to lower degradation of toxins in the environment. |
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