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Category Archives: Marine
Seafood offers up a mouthful of man-made garbage
Public opinion is divided on the pleasure of consuming sea creatures that stare boldly back at you while you eat them. Like Marmite®, you either love it or you hate it. Now, researchers at the University of California, Davis have added … Continue reading
Fish oil capsules probably won’t boost your brain
My mum and dad are troopers. Every morning, they down a tablespoon of fish oil in an effort to stave off old age and dry rot. And they do it without any obvious signs that swallowing a few millilitres of … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Marine, Science
Tagged brain, capsule, cognition, fish, fish oil, n-3 PUFA, omega-3, performance, polyunsaturated fatty acid, science
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Swimming with Viruses
You can find viruses everywhere: in the soil, in the clouds and in animals. According to scientists from the University of Oldenburg in Germany, there are also a ridiculous number of viruses buried at sea, in the sediments of the … Continue reading
Magnificently Mathematical Mussels
Despite the ease with which mussels can be cooked and eaten with chips, harvesting these tiny shelled bivalves from the seashore requires a certain amount of industrious prising. That’s because mussels use multiple thin byssus threads to securely fasten themselves … Continue reading
Posted in Bioengineering, Ecology, Marine
Tagged bivalve, byssus thread, dynamic, force, impact, material science, mechanical, MIT, mussel, static, strength
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Fish parasite inspires sticky surgical tissue patch
Surgeons still find it tricky to quickly and reliably stick a wet, slippery organ back together during invasive procedures. The currently available selection of ‘stick-you-together’ products – staples and chemical glues – do a decent job, but make a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Bioengineering, Marine, Microorganisms, Parasites, Science
Tagged adhesive, fish, glue, microneedle, parasite, patch, Pomphorhynchus laevis, spiny-headed worm, staples, surgical
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