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- Putting bedbugs to bed forever
- Christmas colors disguise gliding lizards in the rainforest
- Ants show left bias when exploring new spaces
- What 'fecal prints' of microbes can tell us about Earth's evolution
- Hands on: Crafting ultrathin color coatings
- Startling benefit of cardiology meetings: Outcomes better when cardiologists away?
- Ultrasounds dance the 'moonwalk' in new metamaterial
| Putting bedbugs to bed forever Posted: 24 Dec 2014 07:31 AM PST A team of scientists has found a way to conquer the global bedbug epidemic. By lending their own arms for thousands of bed bug bites, they have finally found the solution -- a set of chemical attractants, or pheromones, that lure the bedbugs into traps, and keep them there. |
| Christmas colors disguise gliding lizards in the rainforest Posted: 24 Dec 2014 07:31 AM PST By mimicking the red and green colors of falling leaves, Bornean lizards avoid falling prey to birds whilst gliding, new research has found. |
| Ants show left bias when exploring new spaces Posted: 24 Dec 2014 07:31 AM PST Unlike Derek Zoolander, ants don't have any difficulty turning left. New research has found that the majority of rock ants instinctively go left when entering unknown spaces. Around ten percent of people are left-handed and brain lateralization is widespread in other vertebrates. |
| What 'fecal prints' of microbes can tell us about Earth's evolution Posted: 23 Dec 2014 10:28 AM PST The distinctive "fecal prints" of microbes potentially provide a record of how Earth and life have co-evolved over the past 3.5 billion years as the planet's temperature, oxygen levels, and greenhouse gases have changed. But, despite more than 60 years of study, it has proved difficult, until now, to "read" much of the information contained in this record. |
| Hands on: Crafting ultrathin color coatings Posted: 22 Dec 2014 01:55 PM PST An ultra-thin layer of a metal and a semiconductor could be applied to essentially any rough or flexible material to produce a vividly colored coating, researchers report. The technique, which exploits optical interference effects, could potentially be used on wearable fabrics or stretchable electronics. |
| Startling benefit of cardiology meetings: Outcomes better when cardiologists away? Posted: 22 Dec 2014 01:50 PM PST High-risk patients with certain acute heart conditions are more likely to survive than other similar patients if they are admitted to the hospital during national cardiology meetings, when many cardiologists are away from their regular practices. |
| Ultrasounds dance the 'moonwalk' in new metamaterial Posted: 22 Dec 2014 08:17 AM PST Metamaterials have extraordinary properties when it comes to diverting and controlling waves, especially sound and light: for instance, they can make an object invisible, or increase the resolving power of a lens. Now, researchers have developed the first three-dimensional metamaterials by combining physico-chemical formulation and microfluidics technology. This is a new generation of soft metamaterials that are easier to shape. |
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