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Chemistry World August 1, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Ants mix up ionic liquid The first naturally occurring ionic liquid has been discovered by researchers in the US, formed by warring ants who mix their own venom with that from a rival species. |
Chemistry World June 23, 2015 Sam Ivell |
Glass transition in ant traffic jams Inspired by the fluid-like motion of flocks of birds, researchers in the US have used techniques from soft matter physics to study the way that fire ants move. |
National Gardening |
Fire Ants They're the most common and destructive of the fire ants in the United States, and they're common in all of the southern tier states. |
Chemistry World November 5, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
Caterpillars fight off ants with surfactant spit Caterpillars and related bugs can fight off insect predators by vomiting a surfactant solution over unwitting attackers, scientists have found. |
Chemistry World March 5, 2008 Victoria Gill |
Chemical Cues Warn Ants of Invaders Animal biologists and chemists have joined forces to solve a chemical mystery that the insect world has kept for over a century -- discovering the subtle chemical cues that ants use to tell friend from foe. |
Chemistry World August 14, 2015 Ida Emilie Steinmark |
Ants sniff out subtle chemical differences to navigate social hierarchies Ants can distinguish between very subtle differences in hydrocarbons, including enantiomers, researchers in the US have found. |
Outside November 2008 Jason Daley |
5 Million Heads Are Better Than One After a half-century on his hands and knees, poking at bugs, Harvard ant geek and accidental eco-celebrity E.O. Wilson, 79, is back with The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies (W.W. Norton, $65) |
Chemistry World November 28, 2011 James Urquhart |
New Spin on Spider Silk Golden orb spiders ward off ant invasion by spinning silk that contains a chemical deterrent, according to a study by Singaporean and Australian researchers. |
National Gardening Skip Richter |
Enlist Help from the Good Guys of the Garden When it comes to the garden, not all bugs are bad. Here are four simple ways to attract beneficial insects to your garden and to make sure they stay around. |
Fast Company July 2009 Dan Macsai |
Big Bangs How our diverse species of consumer electronics -- books, music, computers, and phones -- have evolved. Will a single device ever unite them all? |
Popular Mechanics August 2008 |
5 Key Uses of Nematodes in Microscopic OR & Beyond With almost as many genes as humans and the ability to repair their nervous system, these roundworms could lead to human treatments for nerve damage. |