How To Help Get Rid Of Mice In An Apartment
Uninvited visitors have appeared in your apartment in the form of little mice but you can’t stop now? There is a lot of “proven” advice circulating on the Internet like ultrasonic pest repellers that have helped a lot in mice contro.....»»
Dealmaster: Save on back-to-school tech from Lenovo, HP, Apple, and more
These tech deals will help make your academic life easier Enlarge / Apple calibrates its screens better than most others in the business. (credit: Samuel Axon) Moving into a new dorm room or apartment can be stressful. I.....»»
Dealmaster: Save on Apple gear, Lenovo laptops, PlayStation 5, and more
Get ready for dorm move-in day with savings on great tech! Enlarge / A MacBook laptop. (credit: Samuel Axon) If you or your kids plan to move into a new dorm room or college apartment, we have the gear for you. From stor.....»»
The best smart home tech for your dorm
School life is easier with technology! From digital assistants to smart plugs, these products are must-adds to any dorm room or student apartment......»»
Researchers explain how mushrooms can live for hundreds of years without getting cancer
The risk of cancer increases with every cell division. As such, you would expect long-lived species like elephants to get cancer more often than short-lived species like mice. In 1975, however, Richard Peto discovered that this is not the case, and t.....»»
Why are there hopping mice in Australia but no kangaroos in Asia? It"s a long story
The animals in Australia are super-different to those in Asia. This goes without saying; we know Australia is full of weird and wonderful creatures found nowhere else on Earth, such as the platypus and the koala......»»
Gears Technica: The keyboards and mice our editors swear by
Check out the peripherals the Ars staff relies on to game and stay productive. Enlarge We see a lot of gear at Ars Technica. Plenty of keyboards and mice have come across the desks of our reviewers and editors, from m.....»»
Researchers use stem cell zoo to compare six mammalian species and their developmental time
In humans, pregnancy lasts around nine months. In mice, only 20 days, and in rhinoceroses, as long as 17 months. Although many mammalian species go through the same stages during embryo development, the speed of development differs substantially acro.....»»
Of mice and matriarchs: The female-led societies of the animal kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II's record-breaking long reign was exceptional in many ways—not least because England has been ruled by men for most of the last thousand years. Until recently, the crown was passed to the monarch's eldest son and daughters were ma.....»»
What deer mice can tell us about high-elevation pregnancies and fetal growth
Biologist Kate Wilsterman is amazed by pregnancy. This essential mammalian life process is both complicated and dynamic: In addition to creating the next generation, pregnancy requires changes in nearly every organ of the gestational parent; dramatic.....»»
Study in mice links heat-damaged DNA in food to possible genetic risks
Researchers have newly discovered a surprising and potentially significant reason why eating foods frequently cooked at high temperatures, such as red meat and deep-fried fare, elevates cancer risk. The alleged culprit: DNA within the food that's bee.....»»
"Shortcomings" review: Messy, rock-bottom characters make Randall Park"s comedy
Shortcomings opens with a movie in a movie. We meet Mrs. Wong (Stephanie Hsu), a woman in a fancy yellow gown, just as her application for a penthouse apartment gets rejected. Seconds later, her suit-wearing husband (Ronny Chieng) buys the entire bui.....»»
Targeted small molecule alleviates arthritis symptoms in mice
Researchers at the University of Helsinki, together with researchers from the United States, have discovered a small molecule that inhibits the formation in cells of cytokine proteins that promote inflammation. The mechanism is based on the fact that.....»»
How India"s "slum-free" redevelopment fails residents by ignoring their design insights and needs
I'm in Ahmedabad, India, standing where families once built their homes under the shade of large trees. Today, those houses are a flattened dust bowl at the edge of a construction site. Apartment buildings are replacing the low-rise, high-density set.....»»
Female scent found to accelerate growth in juvenile male mice
Exposing female house mice (Mus musculus) to the scent of male urine is known to accelerate their sexual development in what scientists call the Vandenbergh effect. A study recently published in Scientific Reports led by the University of Veterinary.....»»
Spiny mice found to have bone-plated tails
Mammals are a bit odd when it comes to bones. Rather than the bony plates and scales of crocodiles, turtles, lizards, dinosaurs and fish, mammals long ago traded in their ancestral suit of armor for a layer of insulating hair......»»
Firefighting foam contaminated public water for about 9,000 in Maine
Firefighting foam used in battling a fatal fire in an apartment building entered the public water system, prompting the water district to temporarily order thousands of residents not to drink the water......»»
Optimized prime editing alters genes of living mice, marking major advance
Harvard University researchers have improved a gene editing process for studying and treating genetic disorders. The prime editing method is effective in human cells, targeting single nucleotide variants with the ability to precisely correct pathogen.....»»
Possible antidote discovered for deadliest mushroom: study
Researchers said on Tuesday that an already widely used medical dye reduces the poisonous effects of death cap mushrooms in mice, raising hopes of the first targeted antidote for the world's deadliest mushroom......»»
Microsoft-branded mice and keyboards are going away after 40 years
Higher-end Surface-branded accessories will carry on, at least for now. Enlarge / Microsoft's "green-eye" mouse, the first Microsoft-branded mouse the company sold. (credit: Microsoft) If I asked you to name Microsoft's.....»»
Study reveals ERK activity is a molecular switch between scarring and tissue regeneration
Why do some animals regenerate lost tissues after injury while others don't? Researchers from the lab of Kerstin Bartscherer (Osnabrück University and formerly Hubrecht Institute) and Ashley Seifert (University of Kentucky) studied spiny mice, which.....»»