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Entries from October 25th, 2009

Loss of top predators causing surge in smaller predators, ecosystem collapse

October 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Biology

In the last 200 years there has been an increase in mesopretadors. Mesopretadors are increasing in number because apex pretadors are decreasing. Apex pretadors are pretadors including wolves, cougars, lions or sharks. The over hunting for food and many other purposes of these apex pretadors are decreasing the numbers of them and increasing the number [...]

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Seeing Previously Invisible Molecules for the First Time

October 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Biology

Now biologists have made the invisible, visible. A team of chemists from Harvard made a microscopic technique for seeing molecules in color with fluorescence that can not be seen. There is a room-temperature technique that allows researchers to find  unseen molecules in living things. For more information on how this works and what it does click here. Biologists have made a [...]

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