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. 

May 28, 2013

Homes With Dogs Have More Types of Bacteria: Study

Homes With Dogs Have More Types of Bacteria: Study, MedIndia, May 24, 2013. Households that have dogs have more types of bacteria, finds recent study. Dr. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 28, 2013

Homes with dogs are loaded with bacteria

Homes with dogs are loaded with bacteria, eMaxHealth, Your beloved dog may bring your home a lot of joy, but it also fills it with a lot of bacteria, according to new research from North Carolina State University. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 28, 2013

Video: Mutant cockroaches that evade sugar traps

Video: Mutant cockroaches that evade sugar traps, South China Morning Post, Recommended on Facebook Lifestyle The debut of Art Basel Hong Kong debut not only brings upon… Updated 6:02PM In an evolutionary twist, some German cockroaches have… Updated 6:28PM As oxymorons go, Allan Chan Chee-kooi has 

May 28, 2013

Cockroaches outsmart sugar traps

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

May 28, 2013

Republican tax reform plans for North Carolina fuel worries

Republican tax reform plans for North Carolina fuel worries, Fayetteville Observer, May 25, 2013. Jacquelin Kelo worries about what proposed changes to the state’s tax system will mean for a new auto repair business she and her partners just opened. Mike Walden, economics, featured. 

May 28, 2013

House with Dogs Possesses More Bacteria

House with Dogs Possesses More Bacteria, FrenchTribune.com, May 27, 2013. A latest study initiated by researchers from the North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado, US, suggested that houses that have a pet dog are more likely to be prone to numerous bacteria than their counterparts. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 28, 2013

Natural Selection in Cockroaches

Natural Selection in Cockroaches, BBC World Service, May 26, 2013. By reprogramming their taste buds, cockroaches are evolving news ways to avoid our traps. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 28, 2013

A surprising way owning a dog may be good for you

A surprising way owning a dog may be good for you, TimesOnline South Africa, May 27, 2013. A new US study from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado shows that households with canines are home to more types of bacteria than dog-free dwellings. Rob Dunn, biology, featured.