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DNA Uncovers One of the World's Rarest Birds
November 23, 2010 Researchers have identified a new, critically endangered species of ground parrot in Western ... > full story -
Salmonella Test Makes Food Safer, Reduce Recalls
November 22, 2010 Earlier this year, an outbreak of salmonella caused by infected eggs resulted in thousands of illnesses before a costly recall could be implemented. Now researchers have created a new test for ... > full story -
Flexible Wings Driven by Simple Oscillation May Be Viable for Efficient Micro Air Vehicles
November 22, 2010 To avoid some of the design challenges involved in creating micro-scale air vehicles that mimic the flapping of winged insects or birds, researchers propose using flexible wings that are driven by a ... > full story -
Simple Rubber Device Mimics Complex Bird Songs
November 21, 2010 Scientists have reproduced many of the characteristics of real bird song with a simple physical model made of a rubber ... > full story -
Should Airplanes Look Like Birds?
November 21, 2010 Airplanes do not look much like birds, but should they? This question is exactly what a pair of engineers inadvertently answered recently in ... > full story -
How Hummingbirds Fight the Wind: Robotic Wing May Reveal Answer
November 21, 2010 Hummingbirds rank among the world's most accomplished hovering animals, but how do they manage it in gusty winds? Researchers have built a robotic hummingbird wing to discover the ... > full story -
Why You Can Listen at Cocktail Parties: Songbirds' Individual Brain Cells Are Tuned to Particular Sounds
November 16, 2010 Nerve cells in the brains of songbirds are sensitive to specific sounds, and only respond when those sounds occur during communication, a recent study shows. The finding helps explain people's ... > full story -
Brent Geese Show Parents Know Best
November 16, 2010 Research from a six year study on migrating geese has discovered an interesting outcome -- they return to the same spots they were taken to as youngsters. The study suggests young light-bellied Brent ... > full story -
Prehistoric Winged Reptiles 'Pole-Vaulted' Into Flight
November 15, 2010 Controversial claims that enormous prehistoric winged beasts could not fly have been refuted by the most comprehensive study to date which asserts that giant pterosaurs were skilled in flight. The ... > full story -
New Leads in the Case Against Drug-Resistant Biofilms
November 10, 2010 Films of bacteria that form around foreign materials in the body can be very difficult to defeat with drugs, but biologists have now identified a couple proteins that play a key role in building ... > full story
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