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Bizarre Species of Stingless Bees Depend on a Complex Fungal Community to Survive
Publicado em 23 outubro 2019
A report published in PLOS ONE describes key roles of various microorganisms in the development of the larvae of Scaptotrigona depilis. Researchers warn that this symbiotic relationship is threatened by the indiscriminate use of pesticides.
A studypublishedinPLOS ONEshows that the larvae of the Brazilian stingless beeScaptotrigona depilisdepend on interactions between three different species of fungus to complete their development and reach adulthood.
The complex process of symbiosis was [...]
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Astronomers find evidence of a planet with a mass almost 13 times that of Jupiter
Publicado em 09 abril 2019In the past three decades, almost 4,000 planet-like objects have been discovered orbiting isolated stars outside the Solar System (exoplanets). Beginning in 2011, it was possible to use NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope to observe the first exoplanets in orbit around young binary systems of two live stars with hydrogen still burning in their core. Brazilian astronomers have now found the first evidence of the existence of an exoplanet orbiting an older or more evolved binary in which one of [...]ver notícia