The contact sponge method is applied on a piece of clay brick.According to the standard, the sponge is moistened with water, applied on the surface of the material by means of a cup, and weighted before majicontrast red and after the application.It allows us to determine the amount of water absorbed by the porous material by unit area and unit time
Interval timing refers to the ability to perceive, estimate and discriminate durations in the range of seconds to minutes.Very little is currently known about the ontogeny of interval timing throughout development.On the other hand, even though the neural circuit sustaining interval timing is a matter of debate, the striatum has been suggested to b
Assassin flies (Diptera: Asilidae) inject paralysing venom into insect prey during hunting, but tenga flip orb their venoms are poorly characterised in comparison to those produced by spiders, scorpions, or hymenopteran insects.Here we investigated the composition of the venom of the giant Australian assassin fly Dolopus genitalis using a combinati