Right/left handedness of snails changed in the lab
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like most animals, snails have either left- or right-handed asymmetry (chirality), both internally and externally, and the handedness is hereditary. A new study has for the...
PhysOrg,
Mon Nov 30 04:12:16 PST 2009
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Investing gets tricky as economy snails upward
Ah, let's wax nostalgic for the exciting days of last winter, back when the financial system teetered and investments tanked. For investors, decisions were so much simpler then.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Sun Nov 29 01:07:35 PST 2009
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First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate
The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system has just been published. The review -- Antarctic Climate Change and the...
Science Daily,
Tue Dec 01 13:27:20 PST 2009
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Eat your heart out, Jamie Oliver! Comprehensive hires top chef to serve up gourmet...
Anyone for grilled line-caught mackerel, game pie, wild-berry jelly, garlic snails, seared salmon or a dish of cobra braised in cider?
Daily Mail,
Sun Nov 29 17:58:19 PST 2009
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Overfishing linked to algal blooms
Depletion of large predatory fish disrupts food chain.
Nature,
Tue Dec 01 09:23:51 PST 2009
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Pond life and terrace-house traumas
Answesr to your questions on neighbouring garden construction, roses and local authority compost.
Daily Telegraph,
Tue Dec 01 10:29:19 PST 2009
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Asian carp could spell big trouble for Great Lakes
Bighead and silver carp in a Chicago canal are knocking on the back door of the Great Lakes, where it's feared they could cause massive environmental damage. Do we need more reasons to clos...
Detroit Free Press,
Tue Dec 01 00:31:29 PST 2009
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Aquatic herbicide offers promise
TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Pond weed has been the bane of canal systems since irrigation came to the West. It slows water in the canals and reduces the amount of water available for delivery, and ...
AG Weekly,
Tue Dec 01 09:10:13 PST 2009
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Pork meat grown in the laboratory
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Eindhoven University in The Netherlands have for the first time grown pork meat in the laboratory by extracting cells from a live pig and growing them in a ...
PhysOrg,
Tue Dec 01 04:12:06 PST 2009
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First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate
The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Researc...
PhysOrg,
Tue Dec 01 03:12:06 PST 2009
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Loneliness can be contagious
Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, research at the University of Chicago, the University of California-San Diego and Harvard shows.
PhysOrg,
Tue Dec 01 02:27:26 PST 2009
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GE, Vivendi deal paves way for NBC sale to Comcast
(AP) -- General Electric Co.'s agreement to buy out the rest of NBC Universal paves the way for it to sell control of the TV and movie company to Comcast Corp. in a deal that promises to re...
PhysOrg,
Tue Dec 01 02:12:06 PST 2009
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New Zealand mud snails infest Capitol Lake
The state Department of General Administration, which manages Capitol Lake, has temporarily closed all of the lake
The Olympian,
Thu Nov 26 00:03:07 PST 2009
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First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate
( British Antarctic Survey ) The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week (Tuesday, December ...
EurekAlert!,
Mon Nov 30 16:28:08 PST 2009
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Amphibians as environmental omen disputed
Amphibians, for years considered a leading indicator of environmental degradation, are not uniquely susceptible to pollution, according to a new meta-analysis.
Science Daily,
Mon Nov 30 11:28:18 PST 2009
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Cutworms and snails and slugs, oh my!
It is nice to see that flower beds full of annuals, like impatiens, begonias and petunias that are beginning to appear in yards around the Island. Unfortunately, some voracious flower eater...
Naples Daily News,
Wed Nov 25 13:38:00 PST 2009
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Snails given mirror-image shells
Japanese researchers have created mirror-image snails whose shells coil in the opposite direction to what written in their genes.
CBC.ca,
Wed Nov 25 14:07:06 PST 2009
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Scientists gain new understanding of disease-causing bacteria
A team of scientists from The Forsyth Institute, the University of Connecticut Health Center, the CDC and the Wadsworth Center, have used state-of-the-art technology to elucidate the molecu...
PhysOrg,
Mon Nov 30 11:42:26 PST 2009
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Artificial refuges created to save the reptiles of Doñana
The Aznalcóllar mining accident more than 11 years ago, which contaminated part of the Doñana National Park, also damaged reptile habitat there. Now a team of Spanish researchers, who have ...
PhysOrg,
Mon Nov 30 08:42:24 PST 2009
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