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Category: Biology

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How do cats communicate?

Posted on April 28, 2025April 23, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

Researchers tracked facial expressions in domestic cats and showed they mimic each others’ faces to bond.

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    City waste could support urban farming

    Posted on March 17, 2025March 13, 2025 by Sciworthy

    Researchers found that adding city waste products to local farms promoted a healthy soil microbiome and improved how tomatoes taste.

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      Global warming could impact bumblebees’ senses

      Posted on March 3, 2025February 27, 2025 by Sciworthy

      Researchers showed that rising temperatures make it harder for bumblebees to detect their sugary food sources.

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        Parasites successfully deliver drugs to the brain

        Posted on February 27, 2025February 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

        Scientists engineered a common parasite to carry therapeutic drugs across the blood-brain barrier in mice.

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          Children trained in one intellectual skill don’t necessarily improve in others

          Posted on February 24, 2025February 12, 2025 by Sciworthy

          Scientists showed that training children to inhibit their reward responses using video games didn’t improve their other cognitive skills.

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            A tiny protein that restores tooth enamel

            Posted on February 6, 2025January 27, 2025 by Sciworthy

            Dental researchers coated damaged cows’ teeth with an enamel binding peptide and soaked them in a mineral solution to reform their…

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              Researchers use purple passionflower to treat herpes

              Posted on January 23, 2025January 22, 2025 by Sciworthy

              Scientists showed that a compound naturally found in purple passionflowers can alleviate symptoms of herpes simplex eye infections in mice.

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                Can cows transmit bird flu?

                Posted on January 20, 2025January 13, 2025 by Sciworthy

                Bird flu has plagued poultry for more than 100 years, causing the death of birds like chickens, ducks, and geese. Bird flu is caused by an…

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                  Butterflies use electrostatic force to pollinate

                  Posted on January 6, 2025February 14, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

                  Two biologists showed that butterflies and moths generate enough electrostatic charge to attract pollen grains from nearby flowers, but they…

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                    The future of 3D cell cultures in biomedical research

                    Posted on December 30, 2024December 30, 2024 by Sciworthy

                    Microbiologists proposed that 3-dimensional artificial environments are the best way to study cell behavior and drug responses, although…

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