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Mouse Nose Nerve Cells Mature After Birth, Allowing Bonding, Recognition With Mother
16.3.2011 | Press monitoring
For rodent pups, bonding with mom isn't hard-wired in the womb. It develops over the first few weeks of life, which is achieved by their maturing sense of smell, possibly allowing these mammals a survival advantage by learning to identify mother, siblings, and home.
New parasitic fungi found that turn ants into zombies
15.3.2011 | Press monitoring
Scientists from the US and UK have discovered four new species of parasitic fungi in the Brazilian rainforests. The fungi attack four distinct species of ants and release mind-altering chemicals that gradually turn the ants into zombies and then kills them.
Sunlight can influence the breakdown of medicines in the body
14.3.2011 | Press monitoring
A study from Karolinska Institutet has shown that the body's ability to break down medicines may be closely related to exposure to sunlight, and thus may vary with the seasons. The findings offer a completely new model to explain individual differences in the effects of drugs, and how the surroundings can influence the body's ability to deal with...
The foundations of empathy are found in the chicken
11.3.2011 | Press monitoring
A study has gained new insight into the minds of domestic hens, discovering, for the first time, that domestic hens show a clear physiological and behavioural response when their chicks are mildly distressed. The study is the first to demonstrate that birds possess one of the important attributes that underpins empathy, and the first study to use...
Health Benefits of Eating Tomatoes Emerge
10.3.2011 | Press monitoring
Eating more tomatoes and tomato products can make people healthier and decrease the risk of conditions such as cancer, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease, according to a review article the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (published by SAGE). The researchers found that tomatoes are the biggest source of dietary lycopene; a powerful...
Rising Carbon Dioxide Is Causing Plants to Have Fewer Pores, Releasing Less Water to the Atmosphere
9.3.2011 | Press monitoring
As carbon dioxide levels have risen during the last 150 years, the density of pores that allow plants to breathe has dwindled by 34 percent, restricting the amount of water vapor the plants release to the atmosphere, report scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and Utrecht University in the Netherlands in an upcoming issue of the...
Eating Apples Extends Lifespan of Test Animals by Ten Percent
8.3.2011 | Press monitoring
Scientists are reporting the first evidence that consumption of a healthful antioxidant substance in apples extends the average lifespan of test animals, and does so by 10 percent. The new results, obtained with fruit flies -- stand-ins for humans in hundreds of research projects each year -- bolster similar findings on apple antioxidants in other...
Using Wastewater to Enhance Mint Production
7.3.2011 | Press monitoring
When essential oils are extracted from plants through the process of steam distillation, wastewater is produced and subsequently released into rivers and streams. Finding new uses for these unused by-products could benefit essential oil crop growers and processors as well as the environment. A team of researchers has found that the residual...
Happiness Improves Health and Lengthens Life, Review Finds
4.3.2011 | Press monitoring
A review of more than 160 studies of human and animal subjects has found "clear and compelling evidence" that - all else being equal - happy people tend to live longer and experience better health than their unhappy peers.
More evidence that Alzheimer's disease may be inherited from your mother
3.3.2011 | Press monitoring
A new study contribute to growing evidence that if one of your parents has Alzheimer's disease, the chances of inheriting it from your mother are higher than from your father. "It is estimated that people who have first-degree relatives with Alzheimer's disease are four to 10 times more likely to develop the disease themselves compared to people...
