Parasitic wasps suck calcium out of flies
EMORY (US) — By draining calcium from the blood cells of fruit flies, parasitic wasps are able to switch off the flies’ immune system, new research shows. Continue…
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Science & Technology - Feb 25, 2013 10:51 - 0 Comments
For protection, fruit fly ‘babies’ booze it up
EMORY (US) — To combat deadly parasitic wasps, fruit fly moms lay their eggs in an alcohol-soaked environment, essentially forcing their larvae to consume a toxic cocktail. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 28, 2013 11:37 - 0 Comments
Penicillin, not the pill, sparked sex revolution
EMORY (US) — Non-traditional, riskier sex lives didn’t start in the 1960s, according to an analysis that suggests a treatment for syphilis changed attitudes and behavior. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 21, 2013 12:13 - 0 Comments
Visit to a friend’s house spreads Dengue virus
EMORY (US) — The mosquito that spreads the dengue virus is a homebody that infects visiting friends and relatives. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 27, 2012 11:45 - 1 Comment
To learn songs, bird brains catch small errors
EMORY (US) — Outfitting birds with tiny headphones has allowed scientists to create a statistical explanation for why some things are harder for brains to learn than others. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 27, 2012 11:20 - 1 Comment
Do mating songs stir up birds’ emotions?
EMORY (US) — A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human hearing music, report researchers who worked with white-throated sparrows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 17, 2012 11:11 - 5 Comments
Modern math solves Ramanujan’s ‘vision’
EMORY / YALE / STANFORD (US) — Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s death-bed letter from 1920 has yielded a formula that could help physicists studying black holes. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 15, 2012 16:39 - 0 Comments
Lifespans stretch for people who ‘flourish’
EMORY (US) — People who are flourishing—both feeling happy and functioning well in their lives—are 60 percent less likely to die prematurely, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 26, 2012 11:18 - 0 Comments
Fear makes scary stuff appear to loom
EMORY (US) — Fear can make threatening objects appear more looming than they actually are, a recent study finds. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 25, 2012 12:31 - 0 Comments
Video reveals molecule ‘gridlock’ in glass
EMORY/ NYU (US) — Physicists have made a movie of particle motion as a super-cooled liquid approaches the glass state—a first look at the molecular level of this mysterious process. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 10, 2012 15:01 - 1 Comment
Racial quotas for college put to test in Brazil
EMORY (US) — A racial quota system at one of the leading universities in Brazil raised the proportion of black students from low-income families, without lowering their efforts to succeed. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 10, 2012 12:12 - 4 Comments
Do presidents need ‘psychopathic boldness’?
EMORY (US) — The fearless dominance associated with psychopathy may predict how well US presidents perform in office, researchers say. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 22, 2012 14:00 - 0 Comments
Drug-resistant staph found in sanctuary chimps
EMORY (US) — Reintroducing chimps in sanctuaries to their natural habitat could expose endangered wild apes to drug-resistant staph infections, say researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 16, 2012 14:33 - 2 Comments
Citizens are better at picking endangered species
EMORY (US) — Citizens do a better job of selecting threatened species than the US Fish and Wildlife Service, says an Emory University biologist. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 31, 2012 12:08 - 0 Comments
Butterfly genes can’t yet explain migration routes
EMORY (US) — Despite migrating to different locations, new research reveals that eastern and western groups of monarch butterflies are genetically mixed. (more…)
Top Stories - May 7, 2012 10:10 - 2 Comments
Scans reveal what your dog is thinking
EMORY (US) — Researchers use MRI scans to explore the brain activity of alert dogs, and reveal how the minds of the oldest domesticated species respond to their owners’ hand signals. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 20, 2012 9:20 - 0 Comments
Wedded bliss is good for the heart
EMORY (US) — Married adults who undergo heart surgery are more than three times more likely to survive the next three months than single people who have the same surgery. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 16, 2012 13:21 - 3 Comments
Sick fruit flies self-medicate with alcohol
EMORY (US) — Fruit flies infected with a blood-borne parasite consume alcohol to self-medicate, a behavior that greatly increases their survival rate. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 24, 2012 12:23 - 2 Comments
When the brain refuses to take the cash
EMORY (US) — Brain images show personal values that people refuse to disavow—even when offered cash to do so—are processed differently than values that are willingly sold. (more…)
