Alert crabs outwit predatory birds
April 19th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, April 19 (IANS) Fiddler crabs would all end up as dinner for seagulls but for their sophisticated threat detection system.
Researchers at the Vision Centre of the Australian National ... Read more...
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Single-cell marine predator’s unique survival mechanisms uncovered
February 9th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 09 (ANI): Scientists have discovered the unique survival mechanisms of a marine organism that may be tiny, but in some ways has surpassed sharks in its predatory efficiency.The research team's ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Light blue wetsuit may save divers from colour-blind sharks
January 20th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 20 (IANS) Wearing a light blue wetsuit against a blue sea will make you less likely to become the victim of a shark attack as they are completely colour blind ... Read more...
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Nectar secretion in some plants dependent on red light
September 30th, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 30 (ANI): Red light governs the production of extrafloral nectar, which is secreted by some plant species, such as the Lima bean, to attract ants which in turn fend off ... Read more...
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Old genes can learn new tricks
May 12th, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 12 (ANI): Indiana University Bloomington researchers have challenged the age-old belief among evolutionary biologists that fundamental genes do not acquire new functions, reporting that two ancient genes were "co-opted" to ... Read more...
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Why the birds and the bees get sexed up in spring
January 30th, 2009 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 30 (ANI): UK researchers have apparently solved a thirty-year puzzle: what makes birds to breed in spring?The study led by Russell Foster of the University of Oxford wanted to ... Read more...
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Newly discovered light sensors communicate directly with brain
January 1st, 2009 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) Neuro-scientists have unravelled how newly discovered light sensors in the eye detect light and communicate with the brain. These light sensors are a small number of nerve cells ... Read more...
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Animals developed eyes for seeking light
November 20th, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): A new research has suggested that the first eyes in the animal kingdom evolved for the purpose of seeking light.Larvae of marine invertebrates worms, sponges, jellyfish - ... Read more...
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Blue-enriched white light may help improve workers alertness
November 2nd, 2008 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 2 (ANI): A study conducted by British researchers suggests that office workers can be helped in staying more alert and less sleepy during the day by changing traditional white-light ... Read more...
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