Marvels of Chemistry: Murmurations and their Chemical Phenomena
Table of Contents Keywords: Murmurations, Starlings, Chemical Signalling, Visual System, Crowding Behaviour, Metabolism, Guano Abstract This paper…
Tiny Alchemists: The Chemical Foundations of Termites’ Social and Biological Success
Table of Contents Keywords: Termites, Symbiosis, Caste differentiation, Pheromones, Communication, Defense mechanisms Abstract Despite their individual…
Physarum Polycephalum (Slime Mold): Chemical Properties
Table of Contents Keywords: Slime Mold, Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reactions, Shuttle Streaming, Nutrition, Plasma Invagination Abstract The protist true slime…
A Chemical Composition to Make Them Cower: A Dive Into the Structure and Protective Adaptations of Sea Sponges
Table of Contents Keywords: Silica biomineralization, secondary metabolites, plasticity, sponge skeleton. Abstract Sponges have several feeding modes and…
Small Bodies, Big Potential: Chemically Bonding Salps and their Environment
Table of Contents Keywords: Salps; Tunic; Biogeochemical cycling; Innate immunology; Sensory cells; Carbon cycling Abstract Salps are gelatinous…
The Chemistry of Longevity: How the Naked Mole Rat Defies Aging
Table of Contents Keywords: naked mole rat, longevity, metabolism, cartilage, DNA repair, acidosis, telomerase Abstract Bioengineers and synthetic…
The Chemistry of Pistol Shrimp and Antarctic Krill
Table of Contents Keywords: Exoskeleton, chitin, astaxanthin, acetylcholine, polyunsaturated fatty acids, bioluminescence Abstract This paper investigates…
Unlocking Locust Survival: A Chemical Analysis of Locusts
Table of Contents Keywords: Hormones, neurotransmitters, locust, phase change, polymorphism, colour change, chemical communication, cannibalism Abstract…
Hydrozoans and Bryozoans: Chemical Engineers of the Sea
Table of Contents Keywords: Biomineralization, bioluminescence, differential gene expression, stem cells, phenotypic plasticity, venom, plasticity…