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- Runaway stars leave infrared waves in space
- Mosquitoes more likely to lay eggs in water sources near flowers
- Bacteria, electrons spin in similar patterns
- Zombified caterpillars forced to carb-load by parasitoid wasps
- More environmentally-friendly concrete made using sugar cane residue
- Tiniest chameleons deliver most powerful tongue-lashings
| Runaway stars leave infrared waves in space Posted: 05 Jan 2016 01:08 PM PST Astronomers are finding dozens of the fastest stars in our galaxy. When some speedy, massive stars plow through space, they can cause material to stack up in front of them in the same way that water piles up ahead of a ship. Called bow shocks, these dramatic, arc-shaped features in space are leading researchers to uncover massive, so-called runaway stars. |
| Mosquitoes more likely to lay eggs in water sources near flowers Posted: 05 Jan 2016 12:09 PM PST Certain mosquitoes are more likely to lay eggs in water sources near flowers than in water sources without flowers, according to a new article. |
| Bacteria, electrons spin in similar patterns Posted: 05 Jan 2016 10:31 AM PST Scientists have identified an unexpected shared pattern in the collective movement of bacteria and electrons: As billions of bacteria stream through a microfluidic lattice, they synchronize and swim in patterns similar to those of electrons orbiting around atomic nuclei in a magnetic material. |
| Zombified caterpillars forced to carb-load by parasitoid wasps Posted: 05 Jan 2016 07:23 AM PST Parasitoid wasps manipulate their caterpillar hosts into eating a more wasp-friendly diet, report investigators. It turns out that when caterpillars eat more carbs, the wasp larvae that chew their way out of the caterpillar's carcass are bigger, explain the scientists. |
| More environmentally-friendly concrete made using sugar cane residue Posted: 04 Jan 2016 05:08 AM PST A new type of concrete has been developed that is cheaper and much less polluting to the environment. Researchers have swapped in sugar cane straw ash, a crop residue typically discarded as waste, as a substitute for Portland cement. |
| Tiniest chameleons deliver most powerful tongue-lashings Posted: 04 Jan 2016 05:00 AM PST A new study reports one of the most explosive movements in the animal kingdom: the mighty tongue acceleration of a chameleon just a couple of inches long. The research illustrates that to observe some of nature's best performances, scientists sometimes have to look at its littlest species. |
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