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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Zinc takes the sting out of jellyfish venom
For me, there are three extremely good reasons never to go to Australia – huge furry-bodied poisonous spiders, venomous lightning fast snakes and sharks with great mouthfuls of serrated teeth. After reading a recent article, I am now happy to … Continue reading
Posted in Marine, Medicine, Science
Tagged australian box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri, cubozoan, haemoglobin, porin, posion, potassium, red blood cell, sting, tentacle, venom, zinc, zinc gluconate
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British Sheep vs. Chernobyl Radiation
The explosion of reactor number four of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 is widely regarded as the worst radiation disaster in human history. The radioactive fallout spread from Northern Ukraine throughout Northern Europe, dispersing large quantities of radioactive … Continue reading
Posted in Science, The Environment
Tagged 1986, caesium, chernobyl, Cumbria, disaster, food standards agency, FSA, ICRP, livestock, nuclear, radiation, radioactivity, radiocaesium, sheep
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Official Business
We are extremely pleased to announce that from 18th December 2012, mmmbitesizescience will be hosted on SciLogs.com! The SciLogs platform offers daily doses of science, and is supported by spektrum.de and published in association with nature.com. For those of you … Continue reading
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Sea creatures dissolve as oceans acidify
There’s little doubt that increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through human industry contribute to the changing of the Earth’s climate. Excess CO2 is absorbed by our ocean’s, changing their chemical composition and driving more blustery ocean winds that force deeper … Continue reading
Forensic evidence links badgers and cows in British tuberculosis infections
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a serious disease that threatens the health of livestock, wildlife, and the agricultural economy, particularly in the United Kingdom. Although every cow in the UK is subjected to a yearly bTB test, with those testing positive … Continue reading
Posted in Disease, Ecology, Genetics, Microorganisms, Science
Tagged bacteria, badger, bovine tuberculosis, bTB, cattle, cow, cull, epidemic, forensic, livestock, m. bovis, meles meles, mycobacterium bovis, pathogen, vaccination, whole genome sequencing, wildlife
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