News tagged with sea sponge
Sea sponges could act as early warning system
(Phys.org) -- Sea sponges may hold clues to climate change and other impending environmental risks, researchers from Flinders University believe.
May 25, 2012 |
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Glass sponge as a living climate archive
(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate scientists have discovered a new archive of historical sea temperatures. With the help of the skeleton of a sponge that belongs to the Monorhaphis chuni species and that lived in the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Sea sponge potential source of new medicines
The sea sponge has provided Flinders University researchers with inspiration for the discovery and development of new therapeutic agents in the treatment of infectious diseases and cancers.
Feb 28, 2012 |
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140 new species described by California Academy of Sciences in 2011
In 2011, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 140 new relatives to our family tree. The new species include 72 arthropods, 31 sea slugs, 13 fishes, 11 plants, nine sponges, three corals, ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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'SpongeBob' mushroom discovered in the forests of Borneo
Sing it with us: What lives in the rainforest, under a tree?
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Xenacoelomorpha -- a new phylum in the animal kingdom
An international team of scientists including Albert Poustka from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin has discovered that Xenoturbellida and the acoelomorph worms, both simple marine ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
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The origin of animals and disease found on The Great Barrier Reef
(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor Bernard Degnan from University of Queensland's School of Biological Sciences has led an international team of scientists to sequence the genome of the first marine animal from Australian ...
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Underwater sponges and worms may hold key to cure for malaria
Healing powers for one of the world's deadliest diseases may lie within sponges, sea worms and other underwater creatures.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 28, 2010 |
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New species of coral, sponges found near Hawaii
(AP) -- New and dramatic species of coral and sponges have been found in the Pacific during deep sea dives near the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, scientists said Monday.
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Taking the Resistance Out of Drug-Resistant Infections
(PhysOrg.com) -- It started out as a research project focused on getting rid of harmful bacterial accumulations called biofilms. Now it has the potential to make conventional antibiotics work against stubborn, drug-resistant ...
Apr 10, 2009 |
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An underwater drugstore?
No matter how sophisticated modern medicine becomes, common ailments like fungal infections can outrun the best of the world's antibiotics. In people with compromised immune systems (like premature babies, AIDS victims or ...
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Feb 26, 2009 |
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Antibiotic resistance: A rising concern in marine ecosystems
A team of scientists, speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, called for new awareness of the potential for antibiotic-resistant illnesses from the marine environment, ...
Feb 13, 2009 |
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