News articles tagged with 'cockroach'
NIH study finds omalizumab relieves seasonal asthma attacks in youth
— 17 Mar 2011 19:34 | HealthA drug that targets the antibody immunoglobulin E (IgE), a key player in asthma, nearly eliminated seasonal increases in asthma attacks and decreased asthma symptoms among young people…
Household bugs - a risk to human health?
— 26 Jan 2011 17:52 | HealthSuperbugs are not just a problem in hospitals but could be also coming from our animal farms. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Microbiology indicates insects…
New software eases analysis of insect in motion
— 28 Oct 2010 14:21 | TechnologyCockroaches can skitter through a crowded under-the-sink cabinet, eluding capture or worse, making the insects a model for rescue robots that would creep through the debris of disaster…
Cockroach brains could be rich stores of new antibiotics
— 8 Sep 2010 13:17 | HealthCockroaches could be more of a health benefit than a health hazard according to scientists from The University of Nottingham…
Introducing the good food guide for cockroaches
— 5 Jun 2010 15:06 | BiologyIt is often striking how little we know about our closest neighbour. Until now, it was assumed that cockroaches forage on their own to find food and water. However, this work shows…
If only a robot could be more like a cockroach
— 7 May 2010 10:55 | BiologyStudies have indicated that insects rely on their brains to respond to what they feel and see. But for the first time, researchers have shown a direct link between neurones at the centre…
Creepy crawly cockroach ancestor revealed in new 3-D model
— 14 Apr 2010 11:16 | Geology and palaeontologyAn early ancestor of the cockroach that lived around 300 million years ago is unveiled in unprecedented detail in a new three-dimensional 'virtual fossil' model, in research published…
New insights into the physiology of cockroaches
— 15 Nov 2009 16:36 | BiologyA study by scientists from the University of Valencia sheds new light on how the cockroach organism works. A research team from the Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary…
Biologists discover 'death stench' is a universal ancient warning signal
— 12 Sep 2009 12:24 | BiologyThe smell of recent death or injury that repels living relatives of insects has been identified as a truly ancient signal that functions to avoid disease or predators, biologists have…
Mites on hissing coackroach may benefit humans with allergies
— 2 May 2009 18:29 | HealthTiny mites living on the surface of Madagascar hissing cockroaches help decrease the presence of a variety of moulds on the cockroaches' bodies, potentially reducing allergic responses…