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 

May 28, 2013

: Fetch, Boy! Study Shows Homes with Dogs Have More Types of Bacteria

: Fetch, Boy! Study Shows Homes with Dogs Have More Types of Bacteria, M2 PressWIRE, RDATE:24052013 New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado shows that households with dogs are home to more types of bacteria — including bacteria that are rarely found in households that do not have dogs. T 

May 28, 2013

: Bittersweet: Bait-Averse Cockroaches Shudder at Sugar

: Bittersweet: Bait-Averse Cockroaches Shudder at Sugar, M2 PressWIRE, RDATE:23052013 Sugar isn’t always sweet to German cockroaches, especially to the ones that avoid roach baits. In a study published May 24 in the journal Science , North Carolina State University entomologists show the neural mechanism behin 

May 28, 2013

Cockroaches quickly lose their sweet tooth to survive study shows: Roaches evolve an aversion to glucose commonly found in traps

Cockroaches quickly lose their sweet tooth to survive study shows: Roaches evolve an aversion to glucose commonly found in traps, Mail Online UK, 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.… 

May 28, 2013

Royal Oaks Homes Named A 2012 Top Corporate Philanthropist

Royal Oaks Homes Named A 2012 Top Corporate Philanthropist, Open Press – Online, The, Submitted by: MMI Public Relations Triangle Business Journal Ranks Local Homebuilder As Leading Philanthropic Organization For Its Many Contributions Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (OPENPRESS) Royal Oaks Homes, LLC (http://www.royaloakshomes.