University of Cambridge
2024-01-09 @ 12.49.58 ∈ In English
(The Catalan populations rely on postural thermoregulation, if I’m reading the study correctly.)
Study finds Spanish butterflies are better at regulating their body temperature than their British cousins
Butterflies in both countries switch from heat-seeking to heat-avoiding behavior once air temperatures reach approximately 22°C. [British populations depend] more on microclimates for thermoregulation than Catalan populations.
2023-07-13 @ 14.50.32 ∈ In English
Small-winged and lighter colored butterflies likely to be at greatest threat from climate change
Butterflies from the Lycaenidae family which have small, bright, and often iridescent, wings had the poorest thermal buffering and low thermal tolerance. […] A trade-off in terms of butterflies' cooling strategies was observed: those that were good at thermal buffering were less good at thermal tolerance and vice versa.
2022-12-18 @ 9.34.33 ∈ In English
Cheap liver drug could prevent COVID
Tests on donated human lungs — unsuitable for transplantation and kept “alive” on a ventilator — were next. Just one lung in a pair was treated with UDCA before both were exposed to the coronavirus. The treated lung did not become infected, but the untreated one did.
2020-02-20 @ 20.21.28 ∈ In English
2019-01-20 @ 16.43.25 ∈ Suomeksi
Vain ihmisen luultiin taitavan tämän: Varis osaa arvioida esineen painon pelkästään katselemalla
Brittiläisen Cambridgen yliopiston johtaman tutkimuksen mukaan uudenkaledonianvarikset osaavat päätellä esineen painon tavasta, jolla tuuli vaikuttaa esineeseen. […] Ihmisen lähisukulaisilta simpansseilta tällainen arviointi ei ole kokeissa onnistunut, eikä miltään muultakaan eläimeltä.