Archive for September, 2008

INSECTS WILL FEAST, PLANTS WILL SUFFER: ANCIENT LEAVES SHOW AFFECT OF GLOBAL WARMING

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

According to a new study, insects, explored with an electric microscope, would have a feast while the leafy plants would undergo a suffering if ever time would come when temperatures would rise very high and the carbon dioxide of the atmosphere would augment. This was a revelation from a research team that studied insect feeding […]

NEW DESIGNER TOXINS KILL BT-RESISTANT INSECT PESTS

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Another fresh method of combating defiant pests had been uncovered. According to the original article, this originated from knowing how Bt which was a natural insecticide could kill insects.  A research team cited how important it was to learn the manner of these toxins named Bt in punching holes situated in the many cells of […]

ALTRUISM IN SOCIAL INSECTS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR

Monday, September 15th, 2008

There was this argumentative debate regarding the reason behind the insects’ evolvement into putting the colony’s interest over just the individual. This so-called argument had been mystified researchers for quite some time. Furthermore, this has been reaflamed through a fresh research coming from Leeds University which illustrated that these insects do such a thing in […]

NEW REASON FOR BEE HIVE COLLAPSE: ECOLOGISTS TEASE OUT PRIVATE LIVES OF PLANTS AND THEIR POLLINATORS

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

In another issue of Science Daily, it was stated that a pollen quality which a plant would manufacture, was closely related to the plants’ habit of sexuality. This was a discovery by several ecologists.  The research undertaking aided in giving out explanation as to the growth and change of close relationships among plants as well […]

LIFE IN A BUBBLE: MATHEMATICIANS EXPLAIN HOW INSECTS BREATHE UNDERWATER

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

It was observable that over a hundred of species of insects live underwater. These insects could be studied meticulously with an electric microscope. This was apparent because of the abundance of food underwater. This research study tackled on the manner of how these said insects could breathe under the water.  It was found out that […]