ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the main energy source inside a cell and is considered to be the high energy molecule that drives all life processes in animals and humans. Outside the cell, membrane receptors that attract ATP drive muscle ...
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Inspired by nature and by the aviation pioneers of the early 20th century, scientists in the United States said Wednesday they had built the world's first jellyfish aircraft. The tiny, ultra-light lab machine, weighing just 2.1 grammes ...
Strong demand is keeping a floor under hay prices in Indiana, reports hay grower Dennis Smeltzer.Photo: Rick Mooney Demand for high-quality hay in wintry weather as the new year began put upside pressure on prices in northern Indiana, ...
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Seven new cotton varieties designed to help cotton farmers meet some of their most challenging conditions are being released for the 2014 season. Developed by Bayer CropScience, the new varieties can better handle tough-to-control weeds, ...
A new study seeks to determine how one parasitic species can give rise to two drastically different outcomes in its host: The human body louse (Pediculus humanus) can transmit dangerous bacterial infections to humans, while the human head ...
Las Vegas' annual Consumer Electronics Show has offered much to get excited about, not least a glimpse at some of the hi-tech toys to be hitting the market in the near future. Parrot unveiled its latest in app driven toys this week, ...
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The sale of seed treatments has tripled in the last decade. Why? It makes economic sense for the farmers who use them, says Jay Vroom, CropLife Foundation president and CEO. Vroom and CropLife Foundation had a press conference at the ...
Simon Fraser University's Bruce Archibald and Rolf Mathewes are part of a team of biologists, including Christian Kehlmaier from Germany's Senkenberg Natural History Collections, that has discovered three new, extinct fossil species of ...
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Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) annual research and development update marks the company's largest advancement of products to date. The agricultural company announced today a record 29 products progressed in its pipeline with five of those ...
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All things pertaining to cotton in West Texas summarizes the subject matter of this year's Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Permian Basin Cotton Conference, organizers said. The multi-county annual event takes place from 8 a.m.-3:30 ...
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Honeybees use a pattern of light in the sky invisible to humans to direct one another to a honey source, scientists have found. Researchers at the Vision Centre have demonstrated that even on days when the sun doesn't shine, bees can ...
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Jumping Sumo can launch itself 80cm into the air and MiniDrone is a pint-sized version of AR Drone 2.0 Parrot, the firm behind the renowned AR Drone, is showing off its latest two wheeled 'robot insect' and 'miniature' flying drone, ...
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Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have uncovered three rare, Roman-era fabrics dated almost 2,000 years-old, believed to have been dyed using murex snail extracts in unique colors mentioned in the Bible. According to ...
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A U.S. travel health notice advises those traveling to St. Martin in the Caribbean to take steps to protect themselves from mosquito bites, officials say. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they are closely ...
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Researchers have learned more about how mosquitoes detect skin odor, and they say their findings could lead to better repellants and traps. Mosquitoes are attracted to our skin odor and to the carbon dioxide we exhale. Previous research ...