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Entries from September 24th, 2008

spider bites…..talk about painful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

September 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Biology

You usually dont see these lil or big eight legged arachnids by sight when they bite you, but spiders like to pray on you when u cant whacked them, which is practically when  you are asleep. Other spiders like the Daddy Long Legs , and others dont bite, but eat other prey that can affect [...]

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Ethanol

September 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Chemistry

Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is found in thermometers and alcohol beverages. It is known as alcohol, and EtOH. Ethanol has widespread use as a solvent of substance used for humans, including scents, flavorings, colorings, and medicines. It is used as a feed stock.

Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid that has [...]

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African forest crisis

September 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Biology

The African forests may be facing a grow epidemic. The vegetation and especiallythe animals are being eaten out of their homes. African people are killing the animals so fast that they can’t reproduce fast enough to replenish their numbers. The Africans get 80% of their protein and fat in their diet from the meat that [...]

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Cloned Pigs Help Scientists Towards A Breakthrough In Alzheimer’s

September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Biology

     Millions of people in the world suffer from alzheimer’s and scientists are working on a way to cure it. To read the article click here. Scientists have cloned pigs and genetically modified them to act with alzheimers disease.  They did this by constructing the genes with the putative alzheimer gene and inserting into the somatic [...]

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Sorry, Charlie, You and Nemo Aren’t the Only Fish That Talk

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Biology

          We have all heard of talking fish.  Whether its the talking clown fish “Nemo” or a barking shark, it has never been proved that fish actually “talk” or verbally communicate with each other, until now.  Andrew Bass and his colleagues, Edwin Gilland of Howard University and Robert Baker of New York University have proven [...]

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Walnut Trees Emit Aspirin-Like Chemical to Deal With Stress

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Biology

Scientists have discovered that walnut trees have there own way of dealing with stress. However, unlike humans, who take aspirin when they have a fever, walnut trees produce methyl salicylate, which is a chemical form of aspirin. This is a walnut tree’s way of responding to stress, like a drought, or even a [...]

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Bacteria Prevent the Development of Type 1 Diabetes

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Biology

     Diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s immune system attacks cells in the pancreas which produce insulin. Research suggests that exposure to some forms of bacteria might actually prevent Type 1 diabetes. In a study, mice exposed to killed strains of tuberculosis or other-disease causing bacteria were protected against the development of [...]

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From Sugar to Gasoline

September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Biology

Scientists and biologists have been searching for alternate fuels for years. They recently discovered that they can use sugar from agricultural waste and non-food plants into gasoline, jet fuel, and many other valuable chemicals. They have announced that sugars and carbohydrates can be processed like fuel and help the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The gas that [...]

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Caltech scientists discover why flies are so hard to swat

September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Biology

For over the last 20 years, Michael Dickinson has been asked many times the question why are flies so hard to swat?  Until now, he hasn’t had an answer to their question.  Dickinson used high resolution and high speed digital imaging of fruit flies when they were faced with a swatter.  He observed that the [...]

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Drinking Chamomile Tea May Help With Symptoms of Diabetes

September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Biology

Diabetes. It’s a growing problem in today’s developing world. In the past decade, the number of people in the world with diabetes has risen from 30 million, to 230 million. Those with the chronic disease understand the struggles and difficulties that come along with it, but a new discovery may help bring relief to those diabetics. [...]

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