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water bears survive the vacum of space

Humans, chimpanzees and dogs can live in a space environment for but a few minutes before the air in their lungs expands, gas bubbles out of their blood and the saliva in their mouths begin to boil. But more fundamental organisms such as bacteria and lichen can tolerate the absence of pressure and searing cold. And now researchers have found that animals known as tardigrades, or water bears, can, too.

These microscopic animals—ranging in size from 0.06-inch (1.5-millimeter) adults to 0.002-inch (0.05-millimeter) larvae—are found in lichens or mosses, in soil, on mountaintops and in the sediment on the ocean floor at depths of 13,000 feet (4,000 meters). Given that their mossy homes can be prone to desiccation, some species of tardigrades can survive as long as a decade without moisture.

They also have an uncanny ability to resist damage that the sun's ultraviolet rays cause to humans and most other more complex animals.
(read at scientific american)

Draw furniture into reality

Swedish design firm FRONT is pioneering a rather unusual method of developing 3D furniture models. - article at Fabbaloo.com

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E. Coli Can Be Used To Clean Up Nuclear Waste

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jerryjamesstone writes "Researchers have found that E. coli can be used to recover uranium from tainted waters and can even be used to clean up nuclear waste. Using the bacteria along with inositol phosphate, the bacteria breaks down the phosphate — also called phytic acid — to free the phosphate molecules. The phosphate then binds to the uranium forming a uranium-phosphate precipitate on the cells of the bacteria. Those cells can then be harvested to recover the uranium." What has made this 14-year-old process economically feasible is the use of inositol phosphate, which is a cheap waste material from the production feedstock from plant material.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

16 year old forund bacteria that eats plastic.

First, he ground plastic bags into a powder. Next, he used ordinary household chemicals, yeast and tap water to create a solution that would encourage microbe growth. To that, he added the plastic powder and dirt. Then the solution sat in a shaker at 30 degrees.

After three months of upping the concentration of plastic-eating microbes, Burd filtered out the remaining plastic powder and put his bacterial culture into three flasks with strips of plastic cut from grocery bags. As a control, he also added plastic to flasks containing boiled and therefore dead bacterial culture.

Six weeks later, he weighed the strips of plastic. The control strips were the same. But the ones that had been in the live bacterial culture weighed an average of 17 per cent less.

That wasn't good enough for Burd. To identify the bacteria in his culture, he let them grow on agar plates and found he had four types of microbes. He tested those on more plastic strips and found only the second was capable of significant plastic degradation.

Next, Burd tried mixing his most effective strain with the others. He found strains one and two together produced a 32 per cent weight loss in his plastic strips. His theory is strain one helps strain two reproduce. (whole article)

city in a tower in a city - X-Seed 4000

From 35 000 to a milion of people could a tower called X-Seed 4000 accomodate. This tower is designed for japanese Tokyo by architects from Taisei Construction Corporation. The tower will provide many advantages with its inteligent system responded for example on a climate change, but the huge disadvantage is still the isotonic problem of people suspected because of a level and temperature change.
- from news.architecture.sk

Device mimics human muscle size and strength
According to new research, scientists have created a strong and silent hydrogen-powered artificial muscle, modeled on human skeletal muscle. Full story

Tumeric cures cancer

The chemical curcumin - an extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric - has long been thought to have healing powers and is already being tested as a treatment for arthritis and even dementia. However, in recent laboratory tests it has also been shown to destroy cancer cells. (NaturalNews) Turmeric, containing the active ingredient curcumin, is one of nature's most powerful healers. The medicinal properties of this spice have slowly revealed themselves over the centuries. Turmeric is documented as effective in conditions ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's disease. New research is now revealing its benefits as a preventative and treatment for lung, colon, and liver diseases..

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Clever octopus builds a mobile home
Finding marks first reported instance of an invertebrate acquiring tools

The veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) uses coconut shell halves to build a shelter.
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Glow in the Dark MushroomsA newly identified luminescent fungus called Mycena luxaeterna has been discovered in a forest in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It sou

A newly identified luminescent fungus called Mycena luxaeterna has been discovered in a forest in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

It sounds like something from a fantasy movie but these tiny mushrooms do actually glow in the dark. These newly discovered species take the number that glow from 63 to 71.

The mushrooms glow 24 hours a day but the effect can only be seen at night.

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