Melbourne, Dec 11 (ANI): A vaccine is being developed in Australia to treat severe gum disease, peridontitis.
Periodontitis, which causes gums to bleed and teeth to fall out, is an infection resulting from the build-up of particular bacteria that is common to most mouths. The best prevention is brushing and flossing.
But a cure for the disease [...]
Melbourne, Nov 24 (ANI): While big birds are very loud, they are not as creative and intricate as their petite feathered friends when it comes to singing, according to a new research.
A bird’s song is as much the outcome of the evolutionary battle for sexual selection as its beautiful plumage, and a survey of the [...]
Sydney, Nov 11 (IANS) Birds and frogs are raising the volume of their calls to be heard above urban noise, says a new study.
The noise of traffic, machinery and air conditioners may be driving birds with low-pitched songs away from cities, while leading others to raise the pitch of their singing to be heard above [...]
Melbourne, Sep 29 (ANI): The Aussies have managed to enter the Guinness Book of World Record, after more than 300 people, including university students, danced in robotic unison.
The group broke the previous world record set by 276 people dancing like robots, when they danced on a lawn at the University of Melbourne, reports the Australian.
Over [...]
Sydney, September 21 (ANI): A scientist has said that a volcanic eruption is “well overdue” in Australia from the past 3,000 years and there are hundreds of volcanoes that could cause trouble, from South Australia and Victoria through to Queensland.
According to a report by Fairfax Digital [...]
Washington, September 4 (ANI): A new study has determined that species living in restricted environments such as the tropics may lack adequate variation in their genes and be unable to adapt to climate change.
Adaptation is a physiological or behavioural change that makes an organism better suited to its environment, [...]
Sydney, August 15 (ANI): A team of scientists has found new evidence which indicates that wobbles in the Earth’s tilt were responsible for the global warming episodes that helped bring the planet out of prehistoric ice ages.
According to a report by ABC News, the finding is [...]
