Monthly Archives: April 2010
Smells classified by neuronal patterns
Recent research by scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) has shed new light upon the neurological mechanisms behind our sense of smell. Rainer Friedrich’s group at FMI used advanced optical testing techniques to analyse the response of Zebrafish to gradual changes in odour character and strength. The results, published in Nature [...]
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Is That Egg Mine?
At the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany, a flock of zebra finches are getting a little bit confused… Zebra finches are brightly patterned birds fAustralia that exhibit intriguing behaviour when it comes to raising their young. Some females of the group lay eggs in other female’s nests. She tries to deceive the host [...]
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[Connections Lecture] – Efficiency, Sufficiency, Growth: Which way to a low carbon economy?
Dr Julia Steinberger, Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds How much carbon do we need to emit to live well? What universal living standards can we look forward to in future decades, if we have to drastically reduce carbon emissions? This presentation focuses on the interdependencies of the global economy, resource use and [...]
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Haemophiliac mice lead the way to safer cures by eating their greens