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More animals join the learning circle

...ls this way some days." Noonan had never seen the behaviour before, despite three years of observations for se...owing another's lead. But because the gull-baiting behaviour is so unusual, "it would be hard to argue that it is individual learning", says ethologist Janet Man...

Plankton can run, but can't hide from basking sharks

...logical Association and colleagues examined diving behaviour of four basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) - two ...annel did the reverse. This is the first time this behaviour has been observed among plankton-eating sharks, the authors say, and shows that shark diving behavio...

Analysis Of Human Genome To Predict The Development Of Illnesses

... all genes and proteins ordered according to their behaviour in determined circumstances. To this end, it compa...ns receiving different treatment. In this way, the behaviour of these molecules at different moments in the illness is registered. Available on Internet Once t...

Canadian youth 4th highest in international obesity study

...ommunity Health & Epidemiology. And sedentary behaviour ?like watching television ?was strongly correlated with being overweight, he adds. Along with this alarming finding is one that runs contrary to what the research team expected. Surprisingly, as consumption of candy and chocolate increased, the like...

HIV-1 spread through six transmission lines in the UK

... growth of the epidemic and that changes in sexual behaviour have been more effective in slowing the spread of ...he early 1990s, more likely from changes in sexual behaviour than from reduced infectiousness resulting from antiretroviral therapy. The study by UCL, the Healt...

Computers to be used to find blueprint for new influenza drug

...oject will be largely carried out by examining the behaviour of atoms of the influenza virus which attack cells...n Britain. It will allow accurate modelling of the behaviour of tens of thousands of atoms, many times more sophisticated than previous work. “Developing a blue...

UAB scientists discover the origin of a mysterious physical force

...nd on some occasions, to reverse it. This abnormal behaviour was discovered by the same researchers and published in Physical Review Letters in April 2004. The scientists have now discovered that this strange property is responsible for the hydration force that acts when water is surrounded by certain types o...

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