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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Saving Butterflies

Waystations for monarch butterflies are sprouting up around the country. With milkweed plants and flowers such as zinnias that produce lots of nectar, these gardens will provide oases for the butterflies to lay ...  > full story

Wasps: Man's New Best Friend!

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 ...  > full story

Beetles Are Inspiration For New Antibacterial 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 ...  > full story

Plants Under Attack

Plant biologists have identified the strategy used by plants to recognize an attack. When insects ingest parts of a plant digestion turns proteins into a peptide elicitor, which is secreted back into the plant ...  > full story
 

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