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Ameba TV’s kids’ video content is available on-demand and on leading streaming TV platforms, including Google TV, Roku, and LG Smart TV Winnipeg, Canada (PRWEB) July 26, 2012 Ameba (http://www.amebatv.com), a multi-platform frontrunner in the exploding children’s streaming TV market, today announced that it has expanded its vast library of award-winning kids’ TV programming to include videos from Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band. USA Today and CBS recently named Lucky Diaz and...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Winnipeg, Canada-based Ameba continues its aggressive growth with the launch of the Ameba app on the Google TV Internet-connected TV platform. The launch extends Ameba's reach to more than five million Internet-connected devices, which include Roku, LGE Smart TV, and now, Google TV. Ameba streaming TV service for children is also available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, and online at www.amebatv.com. (Photo:...

Experiments on "slime mold" explain why almost all multicellular organisms begin life as a single cell Any multicellular animal, from a blue whale to a human being, poses a special challenge for evolution. Most of the cells in its body will die without reproducing; only a privileged few will pass their genes to the next generation. How could the extreme degree of cooperation required by multicellular existence actually evolve? Why aren't all creatures unicellular individualists...

Experiments explain why almost all multicellular organisms begin life as a single cell Any multicellular animal, from a blue whale to a human being, poses a special difficulty for the theory of evolution. Most of the cells in its body will die without reproducing, and only a privileged few will pass their genes to the next generation. How could the extreme degree of cooperation multicellular existence requires ever evolve? Why aren't all creatures unicellular individualists determined...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cherrytree/Interscope recording artist ELLIE GOULDING will release a live physical EP, entitled LIVE AT AMOEBA, exclusively through independent retailers on November 25th, on Record Store Day, also known as Black Friday. The EP -- which features live acoustic performances of the British singer and songwriter's hits "Starry Eyed" and "Lights" (currently climbing the Hot AC radio chart), plus a cover of Elton John's "Your Song" -- was...

A species of amoeba -- Dictyostelium discoideum -- has shown primitive farming behavior as it travels along, according to a new study. In results of the study, reported Jan. 19 in the journal Nature, evolutionary biologists Joan Strassmann and David Queller of Rice University show that the social amoebae (commonly known as slime molds) increase their odds of survival through a rudimentary form of agriculture. Research by lead author Debra Brock, a graduate at Rice, found that some amoebae...

Cheaters may prosper in the short term, but over time they seem doomed to fail, at least in the microscopic world of amoebas where natural selection favors the noble.But why? Shouldn't "survival of the fittest" give the sneaky cheaters an edge? Not necessarily, as it turns out amoebas that cooperate for the benefit of all "“ and even die for the cause "“ bring their own genetic weapons to the fight.Researchers from Rice University and the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) are...

Swimming in Florida lakes and rivers can be deadly if the Naegleria fowleri amoeba is present, public health officials warn. While no deaths were reported last year in Central Florida, three boys died of the infection in 2007, the Orlando Sentinel reported Sunday. The amoeba can be found in swimming pools, especially if they are not chlorinated. But it is most common in lakes, ponds and rivers, especially when the weather gets warm enough to lift the water temperature to 80 degrees,...

British scientists say they've discovered single-cell amoeba might allow salmonella bacteria to successfully survive in the environment. Salmonella are microscopic creatures that can contaminate nearly any food, causing diarrhea, abdominal pain and even typhoid fever, the scientists said. The bacteria have evolved unique mechanisms to prevent the body's immune system from functioning effectively but until now it wasn't understood how it survives so successfully. Now University of Liverpool...

Molecular switch shared by humans may also help immune cells locate infection sitesAmoebas glide toward their prey with the help of a protein switch that controls a molecular compass, biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered.Their finding, detailed in this week's issue of the journal Current Biology, is important because the same molecular switch is shared by humans and other vertebrates to help immune cells locate the sites of infections.The amoeba Dictyostelium...