Stephen McNutt was studying seismic data from a 1992 volcanic eruption, and noticed strange spikes in the data. He figured out it was picking up lightning strikes, so now he had to get help from physicists studying lightning. They set up special devices that picked up lighting data around a volcano that was acting up [...]
Entries from February 15th, 2010
The Fantastic Armor of a Wonderful Snail
February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
Two-and-one-half miles underneath the central Indian Ocean, a gastropod mollusk or snail was first discovered in 1999. This “scaly-foot gastropod,” has an amazingly strong shell. The shell consists of three layers. The inner layer, organic middle layer, and the outer layer. Each layer is very strong and is thought to have insights for future mechanical design [...]
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Bacteria and Explosives Made Known
February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Physics
Lasers have become very important in the technology of our generation. In this case, scientists are using lasers to detect different types of chemicals and bacteria. This device called the SWOrRD can also be used to detect explosives in a battlefield. The laser wavelengths reverberate with the chemical bonds, and the scattered wavelengths produce information [...]
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Cone Snails and Spiders Help Neurobiologists Investigate Ion Channels
February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
Cone Snails and Spiders have a certain neurotoxin that they use to paralyze their prey. Scientists say that there are more than 100,000 neurotoxins in this world. Using these toxins scientists can target a certain ion channel. In the article it says that scientists can even learn more about disease with this research. If you [...]
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Neurotoxins Help Investigation of Ion Channels.
February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
Recent studies show that neurotoxins from cone snails and spiders help to provide information on the importance of ion channels in neurons. The estimated 100,000 neurotoxins from many different organisms help to understand the function of not only ion channels, but receptors and other signaling molecules as well. It has been discovered that the neurotoxins [...]
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Human-Generated Sounds May Be Killing Fish
February 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Biology
This article talks about how there has been a recent study on marine biology and they found a new problem. Sounds by us humans and machines used by us and also some sounds made by land animals are hurting, injuring, and according to this article causing immediate death to marine animals in the ocean. Also, [...]
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