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Scientists discover why certain cockroaches avoid eating insecticide-containing sugary bait.
A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
An ant species that lives on a carnivorous pitcher plant keeps nutrient thieves from escaping by eating them.
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The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University reveals its list of the top 10 news species of 2012.
A study demonstrating the production of human stem cells through cloning contained several mislabeled images, but the authors insist the results are real.
Researchers have been unable to reproduce findings that a cancer drug destroys amyloid beta plaques.
Journals plagiarizing journals; new immune cells combat diabetes; TB-killing vitamin C; analog cell computers; real time fish memory; ant-pitcher plant mutualism
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May 2013
Discoveries of microbial communities that transfer electrons between cells and across relatively long distances are launching a new field of microbiology.
The study of connective tissue is shedding light on pain and providing new explanations for alternative medicine.
Researchers are using modern experimental tools to probe the mysterious molecular pathways that lead to premature labor and birth.
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Desulfobulbaceae bacteria were recently discovered to form centimeter-long cables, containing thousands of cells that share an outer membrane.
USC researcher Mohamed El-Naggar demonstrates how some bacteria grow electrical wires that allow them to link up in big biological circuits.
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