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• Frogs and Reptiles
  Wild Animals
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  Zoo Focuses Efforts on Poison Dart Frog Breeding Program

  The National Aquarium in Baltimore is home to over 16,000 different varieties of animals, so that in one day visitors can travel around the One of the most toxic animals in the world -- the poison ... > more
• Nature of Water
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Drought
  Nuclear Energy
  Materials Science
   
  

  Materials Scientists Copy Beetle Anatomy To Develop New Coatings

  Scientists at M.I.T. looking to add new chemical functionalities to spray coatings have turned to the beetle for inspiration. Some beetles that live in very arid climates get their drinking water by ... > more
• Water
  Fish
  Drought Research
  Pollution
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  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Environmental Scientists Use Fish Behavior To Monitor Water Quality

  Researchers are using bluegills to detect industrial and agricultural spills in water supplies. Changes in the environment cause the fishes' behavior and breathing patterns to change. Electrodes are ... > more
• Biometric
  Materials Science
  Chemistry
  Engineering and Construction
  Civil Engineering
  Nanotechnology
   
  

  Materials Chemists Apply Photonic Crystals to Forensics

  Photonic crystals -- materials with precise patterns of gaps that make them reflect only selected wavelengths of light -- could soon replace the traditional ink-based fingerprinting. In a new ... > more
• Technology
  Weapons Technology
  Computer Science
  Forensic Research
  Computers and Internet
  Communications
   
  

  Computer Scientists Develop Portable Evidence-Gathering Tool

  Investigators on a crime scene can now use a new tool for collecting chemical or biological samples. The sampler gun collects samples on a cotton pad -- eliminating direct contact with anything ... > more
• Dogs
  Veterinary Medicine
  Detectors
  Animals
  Spiders and Ticks
  Civil Engineering
   
  

  Sniffing Dog Provides Cost-Effective Contamination Detection

  America's only dog that's trained to sniff mercury is able to detect as little as a half-gram, and is faster and cheaper than traditional lab analysis. Dogs' olfactory membranes are larger and 44 ... > more
• Food and Agriculture
  Food
  Nature of Water
  Agriculture and Food
  Aerospace
  Cows, Sheep, Pigs
   
  

  Food Chemists Find that Milk Pushes Air to Break Crystallized Sugar

  Food scientists have discovered why Rice Krispies make their characteristic sound when soaked in milk. Rice Krispies contain lots of sugar and are cooked at high temperature, which makes the sugar ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Fish
  Oceanography
  Dolphins and Whales
  Weather
   
  

  Acoustical Oceanographers Record Noises in the Deep

  Manmade and natural sounds, from boat engines to rainfall, sound different below the sea surface. To study their impact of noise on marine life, scientists are submerging devices called Passive ... > more
• Dogs
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Animals
  Veterinary Medicine
  Detectors
  Dolphins and Whales
   
  

  Entomologists Train Insects to Act Like Sniffing Dogs

  If rewarded with sugary water, wasps can be trained in minutes to follow specific smells. The olfactory sensors in their antennae can sense chemicals in the air in concentrations as tiny as a few ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  Paleontology
  Fossils
  Medical Technology
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Early Mammals
   
  

  Paleontologists Teach Medical Students About Fossil Tumors

  Using medical-physics tools such as CT scans, medical students can learn to recognize a tumor even in a 150-million-year-old dinosaur bone. Paleontologists say the role of disease during evolution ... > more

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