May 28, 2013

Bunch of hurricanes coming, government says

Bunch of hurricanes coming, government says, News & Observer – Online, The National Hurricane Center on Thursday joined other tropical weather experts in predicting an above-average number of named storms in 2013, saying the pattern that produced a busy 2012 season remains in place. The Hurricane Center’s annual fore 

May 28, 2013

Homes With Dogs Have More Types of Bacteria: Study

Homes With Dogs Have More Types of Bacteria: Study, Medindia.com (or.net), Households that have dogs have more types of bacteria, finds recent study. Dr. Rob Dunn, an associate professor of biology at North Carolina State University and co-author of a paper, said that the team wanted to know which variables influenced th 

May 28, 2013

Cockroaches outsmart sugar traps

Cockroaches outsmart sugar traps, Newstrack India, Washington , Fri, 24 May 2013 ANI Washington, May 24 (ANI): Sugar isn’t always sweet to German cockroaches, a new study has found. In the study, North Carolina State University entomologists showed that the neural mechanism behind the aversion 

May 28, 2013

Master Gardener – Ground pearls, not your lawn’s best friend

Master Gardener – Ground pearls, not your lawn’s best friend, Wilmington Star-News – Online, The most lethal pest of lawn grasses in our area is also one of the least well known. Called ground pearl or pearl bugs, these insects can be found damaging lawns throughout coastal North Carolina. In yards infested with ground pearl,… 

May 28, 2013

Cockroaches Evolve Distaste for Sweets

Cockroaches Evolve Distaste for Sweets, L7 World, May 24, 2013. Glucose-baited cockroach traps quickly lost their effectiveness after they were introduced in mid-1980s and researchers at North Carolina State University think they know why: evolution. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 28, 2013

Resilient roaches lose sugar tooth; Test in Florida kitchen helps to highlight pests’ unique adaptability

Resilient roaches lose sugar tooth; Test in Florida kitchen helps to highlight pests’ unique adaptability, Province, The, People have been getting rid of cockroaches for decades by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, some thing went very wrong. A killer product stopped working.… 

May 28, 2013

Researchers at UNC and NC State developing technology that could help people with diabetes

Researchers at UNC and NC State developing technology that could help people with diabetes, News & Observer, A nanotechnology treatment that stabilizes blood-sugar levels for up to 10 days with a single injection has performed well in early testing, heralding what could be the next major advance in the field of diabetes. For many patients, a… 

May 28, 2013

New Surface Science Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at North Carolina State University

New Surface Science Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at North Carolina State University, Science Letter, 2013 MAY 24 (NewsRx) — By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter — Research findings on Surface Science are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting out of Raleigh, North Carolina, by NewsRx editors,… 

May 28, 2013

Mutant cockroaches skip sweets Syrup used in traps no longer appealing for species to survive

Mutant cockroaches skip sweets Syrup used in traps no longer appealing for species to survive, Journal Gazette, The, For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. A killer product stopped working.… 

May 28, 2013

Mutant cockroaches skip sweets

Mutant cockroaches skip sweets, Journal Gazette – Online, The, A killer product stopped working. Cockroach populations there kept rising. Mystified researchers tested and discarded theory after theory until they finally hit on the explanation: In a remarkably rapid display of evolution at work, many of the cockr 

May 28, 2013

How the cockroach defeated the trap

How the cockroach defeated the trap, Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2013. In the war against pests, the lowly cockroach makes for a fearsome adversary. It can go weeks without water, survive decapitation for a time — and, like any proper super-villain, can send humans screaming from a room. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 28, 2013

How cockroaches evolved so as to bypass ‘roach motels’

How cockroaches evolved so as to bypass ‘roach motels’, Christian Science Monitor, If you’re a cockroach whose ancestors have scurried across the planet essentially in modern form for the past 146 million years, it’s a safe bet you’ve learned a thing or two about survival. Now, researchers have uncovered one secret to that sur 

May 28, 2013

Having a Dog May Mean Having Extra Microbes

Having a Dog May Mean Having Extra Microbes, NPR Talk of the Nation, Talk Of The Nation 14:00-15:00 PM FLORA LICHTMAN: This is SCIENCE FRIDAY, I’m Flora Lichtman filling in for Ira Flatow today. If you could count up all the bacteria in your house, how many different species do you think you’d find, 50,… 

May 28, 2013

Cockroaches outsmart sugar traps

Cockroaches outsmart sugar traps, Asian News International, May 24, 2013. Sugar isn’t always sweet to German cockroaches, a new study has found. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 28, 2013

Cockroaches ditch sweets for survival

Cockroaches ditch sweets for survival, Evansville Courier & Press, NEW YORK – For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. A killer product stopped working. Cockroach populati