Research reveals how we could design robots to think like bees Bees available to film at Macquarie and Sheffield, video overlay and graphics available. Honey bees have to balance effort, risk and reward, making rapid and accurate assessments of which flowers are mostly likely to offer food for their hive. Research published in the journal…
Cognition is influenced by siblings, researchers find. Autistic children with autistic siblings have better cognition than those who are the only family member with the condition, researchers have found. Importantly, the outcome does not depend on birth order. Although previous studies have identified that having autistic siblings leads to better cognition for individual children with…
Adelaide researchers find how a bacteria digests a sugar can be key to new treatments The severity of a common and often lethal type of bacteria depends on its ability to process a type of sugar, research from the University of Adelaide reveals. Streptococcus pneumoniae causes diseases of the lungs, blood, ear and brain, killing…
UWA, Curtin university and Perth zoo researchers have discovered that Australian endangered ghost bats in the Pilbara (WA) eat over 46 different species. Its diet is very diverse ranging from small mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Researchers used a new approach by combining two methodologies: DNA analysis of faecal pellets and classification of dried food…