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ASU researchers finds novel chemistry at work to provide parrot's vibrant red colors

...ore the balance of naturally and sexually selected costs and benefits to becoming colorful. "Parrots are unusual among birds, in that they almost without exception display fantastic colors but exhibit very little variation in color within a species ?at least in colors visible to us. Parrots in general may...

Experiments provide proof of how traveling in groups protects insects

...hat even though being part of the band has its own costs -- such as greater competition for food and cannibalism of injured crickets ?overall, there's a clear benefit to band members," Lorch said. "Predation occurs anyway, but any given individual is far better protected than it would be if it were on its ...

Experiments provide proof of how traveling in groups protects insects

...hat even though being part of the band has its own costs -- such as greater competition for food and cannibalism of injured crickets ?overall, there's a clear benefit to band members," Lorch said. "Predation occurs anyway, but any given individual is far better protected than it would be if it were on its ...

Researchers reveal the infectious impact of salmon farms on wild salmon

...e's a double bottom line here. The full ecological costs of industrial scale salmon farming must be quantified as well as the economic ones," says Volpe. "For the migratory runs we studied, there may be very little time left." ...

Finding Cures For Tropical Diseases: Is Open Source An Answer?

... and the use of volunteer staff, would contain the costs ofdrug development.Ten years ago, say the authors, TDI would not have been feasible. "Thedifference today is the vastly greater size and variety of chemical,biological, and medical databases; new software; and more powerfulcomputers. Researchers can ...

Inexpensive, mass-produced genes core of synthetic biology advances at UH

...variations of large naturally occurring genes. The costs ofcurrent technology have prevented us from doing this, but Dr. Gao’sresearch will break down that barrier.?This technology offers tremendous potential benefits, as syntheticgenes could allow for development and production of safer, less toxicprotein...

Tiny particles could solve billion-dollar problem

... damage, impaired pregnancies and cancer. Cleanup costs for TCE nationwide are estimated in the billions o...luted groundwater. CBEN's team hopes to drive down costs by using every ounce of palladium to maximum efficiency, and by eliminating drilling costs for new w...

New push for public health, AIDS spending at African Union summit

...ugs have been priced at roughly $US300 a year, the costs for which the WHO hopes will be offset by national resources, international agencies and private or government donations. Efforts to provide low-cost drugs to African HIV sufferers received a major boost this month when the US Food and Drug Administ...

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