Animals and insects living at the highest latitudes, either at the North or South Poles, had to be evolutionarily prepared to do so, biologists hypothesized a long time ago. They also proposed that these animals, especially the smaller ones, must have antifreeze molecules inside their bodies, to prevent the water ins... |
24 November 2009
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Antarctica may be home to penguins and other such famous animals, but it also hosts a few unknown creatures that apparently have the potential to really throw biologists off their guard. A good example in that direction is a newly-found species of worm, which has the ability to modulate and increase its antifreeze le... |
10 February 2009
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Taste is more than chemical and connected to proper flavor. It implies signals of temperature and touch - what we call "mouth feeling" - and this is extremely important in the case of ice cream.A smooth high quality ice cream has tiny ice crystals, around 15 to 20 microns wide. But temperature variation, like when br... |
16 January 2008
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The pilots' nightmare is the ice that forms on the wings of an aircraft, as this process increases drag, and can induce dangerous turbulence during take off and landing. Now, an Arctic fish could come with the solution: an antifreeze protein for an antifreeze paint. Antifreeze proteins have been found so far in ... |
8 August 2007
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