Social Security: Do Specific Social Relationships Make Animals Safer?
Social animals may share resources with others, be exposed to pathogens from sick group mates, and may have to allocate time to working out dominance…
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How Personality Affects Species Interactions
From sea anemones to chimpanzees, animals tend to exhibit consistent individual behavioral tendencies. These consistent behavioral differences are better known as animal personality, and they…
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When Policies Are Not Enough To Protect Us From Air Pollution, Pet Companions Might Be The Next Best Solution
Today, a growing number of countries are battling the rise in both air pollution and childhood hypertension. Often when air pollution and childhood hypertension are…
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Predicting Growth In Cancer Stem Cells
Cancer is a frightening and thorny adversary. Therapies to battle human cancer are frequently harsh with debilitating side effects. But often, these initial therapies are…
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Will Increasing Demand For Cobalt Impact The Environment?
Consumption of many raw materials has steadily increased since World War II, and demand is expected to continue to grow in response to the burgeoning global population…
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Traffic Noise Negatively Affects Developing Birds
A recent study found that for an overwhelming majority of U.S. Counties (> 90%), transportation noise is audible in at least 50% of the land…
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Fishermen Bite Off More Than They Can Chew — With A Little Help From Their Dolphin Friends
Let’s say you live in front of your favorite restaurants. How often would you be chasing around an ordinary food truck meal? Theory predicts that…
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CNS Regeneration In Planarians
When humans are injured, each of our tissues has an inherent ability (or lack thereof) to regenerate1. Interestingly, the regenerative ability of any given tissue…
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Toward Successful Academic-Industry Collaboration in Energy Research
In the midst of a global energy transition, collaborations between academics and practitioners are becoming increasingly important. While these partnerships have primarily served to validate…
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Intriguing Flexible Devices Based On Mechanoluminescence
Mechanoluminescence (ML), also called triboluminescence (TL), refers to the phenomenon/process that materials could emit light under mechanical stimuli, e.g., friction, stretch, compression, impact, etc. The…
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A Novel Method For (R)-(−)-Mandelic Acid Production
With the development of medicine, the synthesis of various pharmaceuticals is often required. Pharmaceutical intermediates, a chemical medium, play an important role during the synthesis…
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