Does U.K. biotech offer better opportunities?

What does robotics offer animal behaviour?

There is a growing body of robot-based research that makes a serious claim to be a new methodology for biology. Robots can be used as models of specific animal systems to test hypotheses regarding the control of behaviour. At levels from learning algorithms to specific dendritic circuits, implementing a proposed controller in a robotic device tests it against real environments in a way that is ...

Biotech crops' seal of safety does not convince skeptics.

G enetically modified organisms (GMOs) have become nearly ubiquitous in U.S.-produced corn, soybeans, and canola, and more than twothirds of the processed foods Americans consume contain such ingredients. Government agencies and international bodies have repeatedly approved the foods for human consumption while arguing that such bioengineered crops help preserve the environment and could save m...

Soundscapes offer unique opportunities for studies of fish communities.

Resource partitioning is a fundamental ecological concept in which cooccurring species reduce competition by using or specializing on different resources (1). It is widely accepted as a mechanism permitting similar species to cooccur, leading to increased levels of species diversity (2). Typically, resources are thought of as food, habitat, or behavioral features such as timing of foraging and ...

Proving HIV-1 immunity: new tools offer new opportunities.

Changing technologies offer new opportunities in the plant sciences1

The plant sciences are now facing an unprecedented time in our history in which technology is advancing at a rapid pace, creating a wide variety of novel opportunities for our field. Applications in Plant Sciences is a new source for sharing exciting and innovative applications of new technologies that have the potential to propel plant research forward into the future.