IN THE LAB
Japanese Catfish Use pH To Locate Prey
By detecting the changes in pH as underground sea worms breathe, Japanese catfish are able to find their prey even in murky water.
All Roads Lead To The Vacuole
Understanding the intracellular transport pathways to the vacuole could lead to the development of better nutrient storage in plants.
Bees Use Hidden Patterns In Flowers
Scientists have shown that bees can use polarisation patterns to identify flowers and improve foraging efficiency, but only if the flowers face downwards.
Smelly Egg Gas Regulates Embryo Transport
Disruption of hydrogen sulphide signalling in pregnant mice leads to poor embryo transport to the uterus and may be the cause of ectopic pregnancies in humans.
Nanotwinning Hard And Stable Diamonds
By applying a nanotwinning process, scientists have synthesized a form of diamond that is harder and more thermally stable.
DNA Structure Aids Bacterial Survival
Scientists have found that bacterial DNA switches to a more compact form to survive under dry conditions.
Math Confirms Dinosaur Classification
Scientists have used mathematical and statistical methods to ascertain the classification of the dinosaur Serendipacerotops arthurcclarkei.
Cooperative Societies Are Consistently Fit
Scientists from Taiwan and the US have found that cooperation leads to consistently high breeding success in beetles.
Baa Baa Black Sheep, How Did You Get Your Wool?
Eighteen years after the cloning of Dolly, scientists now have the complete genomic sequence of the domestic sheep, Ovis aries.
