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- Bonobos will share with strangers before acquaintances
- Use for old Christmas trees? Douglas fir needles may sterilize nano devices for medical applications
- Itchiness explained: Specific set of nerve cells signal itch but not pain, researchers find
- Dance of water molecules turns fire-colored beetles into antifreeze artists
| Bonobos will share with strangers before acquaintances Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:33 PM PST Bonobos, those notoriously frisky, ardently social great apes of the Congo, value social networking so much, they share food with a stranger before an acquaintance. |
| Use for old Christmas trees? Douglas fir needles may sterilize nano devices for medical applications Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:04 AM PST As twelfth night approaches and the Christmas decorations start to look old, as the last crumbs of cake are swept away and the remnants of the turkey have finally been consumed, there is the perennial question as to what to do with the tree. New suggests that the needles of the plant Pseudotsuga menziesii, commonly known as the Douglas fir could be used indirectly to sterilize nano devices destined for medical applications. |
| Itchiness explained: Specific set of nerve cells signal itch but not pain, researchers find Posted: 02 Jan 2013 07:45 AM PST Researchers have uncovered strong evidence that mice have a specific set of nerve cells that signal itch but not pain, a finding that may settle a decades-long debate about these sensations, and, if confirmed in humans, help in developing treatments for chronic itch, including itch caused by life-saving medications. |
| Dance of water molecules turns fire-colored beetles into antifreeze artists Posted: 02 Jan 2013 05:35 AM PST Certain plants and animals protect themselves against temperatures below freezing with antifreeze proteins. How the larva of the beetle Dendroides canadensis manages to withstand temperatures down to minus 30 degrees Celsius is reported by an international team of researchers. Researcher have shown that interactions between the antifreeze proteins and water molecules contribute significantly to protection against the cold. |
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