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29-Jan-2009
Bringing locusts together
The discovery that serotonin is involved with the behavioral switch in locusts reveals a mechanism in desert locusts that begins their transformation from avoiding other locusts to being attracted to other locusts.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
29-Jan-2009
'Startling' results launch new direction for UC Davis study of navel orangeworm
Chemical ecologists at the University of California, Davis, are changing their navel-orangeworm research direction after an elementary school student's science project found that the major agricultural pest prefers pistachios over almonds and walnuts.
Gabriel Leal, 11, a sixth grader at Willet Elementary School, Davis, prefers pistachios over all other nuts so he figured that the navel orangeworm would, too.
Contact: Kathy Keatley Garvey
kegarvey@ucdavis.edu
530-754-6894
University of California - Davis
29-Jan-2009
'Super paper' stronger than cast iron
In the future, buildings, homes and even bulletproof vests could be made out of paper. Yes... paper! Scientists in Japan have come up with a new material, obtained from plant sugars, that is stronger than cast iron. This so-called "super paper" also happens to be environmentally-friendly.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
22-Jan-2009
The makings of a deadly brown cloud
For years, a huge "Brown Cloud" of pollution has hung over South Asia and the Indian Ocean during the winter months. Its cancer-causing soot has affected people beneath it for years as well, and it can even be traced to the deaths of many people in China and India from heart and lung diseases.
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sciapk@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
15-Jan-2009
Invisibility 'cloak' hides objects from microwaves
Researchers have created an invisibility cloak of sorts, though it looks more like a yellow bathmat than Harry Potter's famous cloth.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
15-Jan-2009
The young crusaders
Honey bees are in trouble. A six-year-old girl from Phoenix and an 11-year-old girl from Wilmington, Del. are doing what they can to save the honey bees.
Contact: Kathy Keatley Garvey
kegarvey@ucdavis.edu
530-754-6894
University of California - Davis
14-Jan-2009
Science Olympiad for brainy teens Held Jan. 15 at NJIT
Building a robot, busting a crime and launching two rubber-powered model monoplanes number among the dozen-plus exciting opportunities at the annual Science Olympiad held at NJIT.
Contact: Sheryl Weinstein
sheryl.m.weinstein@njit.edu
973-596-3436
New Jersey Institute of Technology
8-Jan-2009
Mosquito love songs and disease
A. aegypti spreads diseases such as yellow and dengue fever, and interfering with this acoustic courtship process -- perhaps by releasing modified males that cannot adjust their flight tones -- may be a useful approach for controlling mosquito populations in areas where these diseases are a significant problem.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1-Jan-2009
Infecting mosquitoes (so they can't infect us!)
There are plenty of reasons to dislike mosquitoes. Not only do they bite us and suck our blood, but they also carry diseases! When they bite into a larger creature (like us), they often transmit the disease right then and there. So in many cases around the world, people can contract deadly viruses from just a tiny mosquito bite.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
18-Dec-2008
Dinosaurs taught birds how to be good dads
In most species of birds, the males help the females take care of their eggs and assist in raising their young. In some bird species, the males even act as the primary caregivers to their chicks, doing everything from sitting on the eggs to feeding the hatchlings.
Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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