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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.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

'SpongeBob' mushroom discovered in the forests of Borneo

Sing it with us: What lives in the rainforest, under a tree?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1

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 ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

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

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...

Biology /

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0