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- Eating poisonous plants saves life of gemsbok in Namibian desert
- Female frogs prefer males who can multitask
- A personalized robot companion for older people
- First driverless vehicle to hit the roads
- Evolution of hyperswarming bacteria could develop anti-biofilm therapies
- Slug glue: A future with no sutures?
| Eating poisonous plants saves life of gemsbok in Namibian desert Posted: 16 Aug 2013 07:27 PM PDT In drought periods browsing springbok feed on all plant material they can find, while grazing gemsbok, in contrast, switch their diet to a high proportion of poisonous plants -- and they survive.  |
| Female frogs prefer males who can multitask Posted: 16 Aug 2013 10:03 AM PDT In a study of gray tree frogs, researchers discovered that females prefer males whose calls reflect the ability to multitask effectively.  |
| A personalized robot companion for older people Posted: 16 Aug 2013 09:56 AM PDT A highly customizable robot companion offers support to older people. It could find its way into people's homes within two or three years, potentially greatly enhancing quality of life for older citizens and people with memory or mobility problems.  |
| First driverless vehicle to hit the roads Posted: 16 Aug 2013 06:46 AM PDT Singapore's first clean and green driverless shuttle transportation system will soon see passengers shuttling between Nanyang Technological University and JTC Corporation's CleanTech Park.  |
| Evolution of hyperswarming bacteria could develop anti-biofilm therapies Posted: 15 Aug 2013 10:34 AM PDT Hyperswarming, pathogenic bacteria have repeatedly evolved in a lab, and the good news is that they should be less of a problem to us than their less mobile kin. That's because those hyperswarmers, adorned with multiple whipping flagella, are also much worse at sticking together on surfaces in hard-to-treat biofilms. They might even help us figure out a way to develop anti-biofilm therapies for use in people with cystic fibrosis or other conditions.  |
| Slug glue: A future with no sutures? Posted: 13 Aug 2013 05:09 PM PDT The goo that some slugs produce may someday lead to breakthroughs in medical adhesives.  |
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