Curious about what happens when you take instant coffee, separate it into components that have different molecular weights, and then stick those component separately into different test tubes that have rat spleen cells in them? If so, this is the study for you: “Influence of molecular weight on in vitro immunostimulatory properties of instant coffee,” Cláudia P. […]
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The curses of being a rat: Landmine-detection reinforcement
Bit by bit, people work to devise improvements in procedures related to explosions. This study tells of one such effort: “Landmine-detection rats: An evaluation of reinforcement procedures under simulated operational conditions,” Amanda Mahoney, Kate Lalonde, Timothy Edwards, Christophe Cox, Bart Weetjens and Alan Poling [pictured here], Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, epub March […]