Otter Trawl Gear Effects On Estuary Ecosystems
Estuaries are very productive ecosystems, where the distribution of sediments and fauna are driven by environmental parameters as speed and direction of the wind, river…
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Can We Make Old Drugs Great Again? The Relevance Of Licensing Generics
Throughout a drug’s life cycle, there is a continuous development of drug features and new uses beyond the initial or approved drug indication. Identifying new…
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Male Mate-Copying Practices In Drosophila melanogaster Males
Finding the right partner can be difficult, time-consuming, and prone to errors. And that is true for species across the tree of life, not just…
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Evaluating Different Radiocesium Decontamination Practices In A Forest Plantation Near The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Owing to an earthquake and the resulting tsunami that occurred on March 2011 in central-eastern Japan, the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant was damaged by…
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Three Tests To Measure Sloth Bears’ Cognitive Skills
The main aim of comparative psychology is to test cognitive skills across different species, and from their distribution gain better insight into the socio-ecological factors…
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Chemical-Biology Space Exploration… To Go Where No Drug Has Gone Before!
The introduction of The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy begins like this: “Space,” it says, “is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how…
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Colchicine: The Cinderella Of Anticancer Drugs
Cancer is the second-most common cause of death in developed countries. The statistics suggest that, in the next 20 years, the number of global cancer…
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Citrus War: The Fight Against Lemon Fungi Using Sustainable Biological Weapons
Argentina is the world’s leading lemon producer and industrialist and the second-largest exporter of this fruit. More than 70% of the industry’s production is destined…
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A Changing Landscape For Petroleum And Internal Combustion Engines
The existing transport system, built around internal combustion engines powered by petroleum-derived liquid fuels, meets an essential need and supports a large number of jobs….
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Putting A Flock To Flight
A well-known paper in literature (Roberts, 1997, Animal Behaviour, 54:1517-1522) asks the important question: “How many birds does it take to put a flock to…
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Catch 22? Reading Requires Understanding, And Understanding Requires Reading
In order to read fluently, children also need to understand what is in front of them. Researchers from Florida have now investigated how closely the…
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