$20M NSF Grant Designed to Promote Marine Research at URI, Partner Institutions
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:24:53 -0700
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — The University of Rhode Island has won a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation — the single largest grant in the university's history — toward molecular biology research in marine life science there and at eight partner academic institutions statewide.
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Anti-aphrodisiac protects young bedbugs
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:32:11 -0700
( BioMed Central ) Male bedbugs are known to be very unfussy when it comes to mating, mounting any well-fed bug they can see -- regardless of age or gender. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology have discovered how immature bedbug nymphs, who would be harmed by the traumatic insemination technique practiced by the males, release alarm pheromones to deter this unwanted ...
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