(University of Arizona College of Engineering) University of Arizona aerospace and mechanical engineers are studying bird and bee flight to develop unmanned vehicles that stay aloft longer and cope with sudden and severe changes in airflow.

(American Chemical Society) One of Mother Nature's latest gifts to medical science is stirring excitement with the discovery that the substance -- obtained from a coral-reef inhabiting cyanobacterium -- appears to be an ideal blueprint for developing new drugs for serious fractures, osteoporosis, and other bone diseases. That's the conclusion of a study on the substance, Largazole, in the journal ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) By cooling glass to a temperature near Absolute Zero (-459.67 degrees Fahrenheit), professor Eran Rabani of Tel Aviv University is demonstrating that, at the quantum level, glass exhibits a very different behavior than might be expected from traditional physics -- in fact, it melts.

(American Chemical Society) Catnip, the plant that attracts domestic cats like an irresistible force, has proven 99 percent effective in repelling the blood-sucking flies that attack horses and cows, causing $2 billion in annual loses to the cattle industry. That's the word from a report published in ACS' biweekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

(Elhuyar Fundazioa) An international research study has shown that, in animal models, Type 2 insulin growth factor reinforces memory and prevents forgetfulness.