Science Current Events | Science News | Brightsurf.com
 

Pheromone Current Events | Pheromone News | 2

Sort By: Page Views | Date

Edge density key to controlling gypsy moth spread
Controlling population peaks on the edges of the gypsy moth range may help to slow their invasion into virgin territory, according to a team of researchers.   view more (2006-11-16)

Another two University inventions given Millennium Product status
REF: 99/56 21 APRIL 1999   view more (1999-05-26)

University invention enlisted in battle against the brown-tailed moth
An environmentally friendly insect trap devised by researchers at the University of Southampton is the latest weapon in Portsmouth City Council's long-running battle to control infestations of the caterpillars of the brown-tailed moth.   view more (1998-09-04)

Love bites
Biology PhD student Gill Horne and her supervisor, mosquito expert Dr Angela Priestman, have been studying the mating behaviour of mosquitoes in special hotrooms at the University's School of Sciences.   view more (2000-01-18)

Scripps research scientists discover chemical triggers for aggression in mice
The work, reported in an advance, online issue of the journal Nature on December 6, 2007, furthers the broad and important goal of elucidating how the neurological system can detect and respond to specific cues in of a sea of potential triggers.   view more (2007-12-07)

Pheromones - an evolutionary trick?
Female pheromones - airborne chemical messengers - may have evolved to trick men's thought processes: they can block men's ability to judge women's attractiveness.   view more (1998-12-03)

Biologists discover 'death stench' is a universal ancient warning signal
The smell of recent death or injury that repels living relatives of insects has been identified as a truly ancient signal that functions to avoid disease or predators, biologists have discovered.   view more (2009-09-14)

Honey bee chemoreceptors found for smell and taste
Honey bees have a much better sense of smell than fruit flies or mosquitoes, but a much worse sense of taste, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.   view more (2006-10-26)

Fungus Found in Humans Shown To Be Nimble in Mating Game
Brown University researchers have determined that Candida albicans, a human fungal pathogen, pursues both same-sex and the more conventional opposite-sex mating. The findings are published in the August 2009 edition of the journal Nature.   view more (2009-08-13)

New study examines how sense of smell affects mating and aggression in mice
New research by scientists at UCSF sheds light on how the odor detecting system in mice sends signals that affect their social behavior.   view more (2005-12-22)
Sort By: Page Views | Date
© 2009 BrightSurf.com