Viruses are known to be the most widespread invaders on the planet. Some of them are specialized in attacking animals, including humans, and others mostly attack plants. But a new study looks at the more common, yet less-understood instances when viruses infect bacteria.An entire class of viral agents, called bacteri... |
1 July 2011
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Evolutionary biologists have for a long time wondered how is it that nature allows for the development of social insects, such as termites and ants. Mega-colonies can have up to millions of members that do not mate, reproduce, or start new colonies, the soldiers and common workers. Given that nature usually selects f... |
30 January 2010
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Sometime in 2004, the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China provided experts with the fossilized remains of a dinosaur that could not be cataloged. At that time, experts who had seen it had proposed that the creature was part of a new species, and their predictions eventually turned out to be true. The animal was named... |
29 January 2010
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Termites are very commonly known among those who have wood homes. The tiny insects can enter the inner structure and start foraging in it until the entire household is in danger of falling down on itself. Experts have known for a long time that two species of termites can easily coexist in the same tree or piece of w... |
31 August 2009
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As some homeowners can attest to, termite infestation is one of the worst things that could happen to the place, other than floods, earthquakes and wildfires. The insects are insanely hard to get rid of, and can bring structures a few thousand times their size down in a matter of months. In their nests, which are dam... |
10 June 2009
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You've probably never thought that termites or other insects can be detected by a robot. But Australian based Termicam found a way to make this scenario possible. The company searched for other methods than tapping walls with objects or even breaking the walls when it comes to destroying insects. Thermal imaging... |
9 May 2007
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