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A 'private bandwidth' for communication in bats: Evidence from insular horseshoe bats

A 'private bandwidth' for communication in bats: Evidence from insular horseshoe bats 2Oxford August 13, 2007 - Do bats use their ultrasonic echolocation calls to recognise their own species" A new study in the Journal of Biogeography by Danilo Russo and colleagues suggests that this is certainly the case for horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae). These bats find their way in the dark and detect insect prey by emitting long ultrasound calls mainly made of a constant frequency. Different r...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007 2American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007 3American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007 4American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007 5American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007 6American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007 7American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007 8American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007 9Here is the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly PressPac with news from ACS 35 peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News....Please credit the individual journal or the American Chemical Society as the source for this information.... ...ACS NEWS SERVICE Aug. 8, 2007...Weekly PressPac ALL CONTENT IS FOR IMMEDIATE USE EXCEPT ARTICLE #5, which is embargoed for 9 A...

NIH gives $8M to University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine for myositis research

NIH gives $8M to University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine for myositis research 2PITTSBURGH, Aug. 13 Researchers from the division of rheumatology and clinical immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine are leading a worldwide effort to study a treatment for a rare autoimmune disorder called myositis, thanks to a five-year, $8 million contract from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the National Institutes of...

Facial attraction -- choice of sexual partner shaped the human face

Men with large jaws, flaring cheeks and large eyebrows are sexy, at least in the eyes of our ancestors, researchers at the Natural History Museum have discovered. Facial attractiveness played a major role in shaping human evolution, as studies on our fossil ancestors have shown our choice of sexual partner has shaped the human face. The findings appear in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE.....

Study begins to reveal clues to the cause and progression of sepsis

Study begins to reveal clues to the cause and progression of sepsis 2Study begins to reveal clues to the cause and progression of sepsis 3PITTSBURGH, Aug. 13 Not all patients with sepsis mount the same immune response, even when they look the same clinically, according to findings from the first large-scale natural history study of sepsis. The results, published by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers in the August 13/27 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, indicate that past interpretations of how the imm...

Saudi Arabia's KAUST names WHOI first research partner

Saudi Arabia's KAUST names WHOI first research partner 2Saudi Arabia's KAUST names WHOI first research partner 3DHAHRAN, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (August 13, 2007) -- The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) announced that the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will be the first partner in its global collaborative research program. A delegation from WHOI arrived on June 15 in Saudi Arabia to view the KAUST site and conclude the initial Memorandum of Understanding that was...

Multinational research: protecting ecology means understanding people, too

Multinational research: protecting ecology means understanding people, too 2Multinational research: protecting ecology means understanding people, too 3Talking to a biologist about ones feelings could produce the same reaction as, say, telling a sociologist about molecules.... Yet if the problems confronting conservation of the worlds biodiversity are to be tackled and fixed, then science and people must mix.... So say Dr. Lee Fitzgerald, a conservation biologist who has traveled through Latin America for 20 years studying reptiles, and Dr. Aman...

Climate change isolates Rocky Mountain butterflies

Climate change isolates Rocky Mountain butterflies 2Expanding forests in the Canadian Rocky Mountains are slowly isolating groups of alpine butterflies from each other, which may lead to the extinction of the colourful insects in some areas, says a new study from the University of Alberta. ... A rising tree line in the Rockies due to global warming, and a policy not to initiate "prescribed burns" (intentionally started, controlled fires) in order t...

AFCYBER holds science and technology symposium

AFCYBER holds science and technology symposium 2To help pave the way for future combat operations in the cyber domain, Eighth Air Force Commander Lt Gen. Robert Elder and his staff hosted a meeting at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, La on July 16-17 to bring together preeminent cyber science and technology experts from across the country.... This follows a recent study on Cyber Warfare conducted by the AF Scientific Advisory Board (AFSAB). Three...

Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of paper

Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of paper 2Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of paper 3Troy, N.Y. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper.... The nanoengineered battery is lightweight, ultra thin, completely flexible, and geared toward meeting the trickiest design and energy requirements of tomorrows gadgets, implantable medical equipment, and transportation vehicles.....
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(Date:11/20/2009)...Lehigh University,s Energy Research Center (ERC) h...f Energy (DOE) to develop methods of recovering an...carbon-dioxide (CO 2 ) compression process in a ca...ect is to facilitate carbon capture and sequestrat...f CO 2 , a greenhouse gas, emitted into the atmosp...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Biologists discover bacterial defense mechanism against aggressive oxygen 2Flax and yellow flowers can produce bioethanol 2Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants 2Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants 3New IOF report explains importance of FRAX in osteoporosis management 59716 1New IOF report explains importance of FRAX in osteoporosis management 59716 2Mice regain ability to extend telomeres suggesting potential for dyskeratosis congenita therapy 59711 1Mice regain ability to extend telomeres suggesting potential for dyskeratosis congenita therapy 59711 2New Chromosomal Abnormality Identified in Leukemia Associated with Down Syndrome 59706 1New Chromosomal Abnormality Identified in Leukemia Associated with Down Syndrome 59706 2New Chromosomal Abnormality Identified in Leukemia Associated with Down Syndrome 59706 3New Chromosomal Abnormality Identified in Leukemia Associated with Down Syndrome 59706 4
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