Seagulls are the extreme example of a seabird that has learned to cohabitate with people. They thrive around us, are raucous like us and love fast food. They are loud, clever, extroverts with questionable dietary habits. But what about other seabirds, the introverts of the bird world, the perhaps more timid species who may get … Continue reading
“I am not a guinea pig” – It’s the slogan of an Environmental Defense Fund initiative to raise awareness about all the synthetic chemicals in our life and what they may be doing to us. By EDF’s estimate, more than 80,000 chemicals are available for use in the U.S. Only a small fraction of these (200, … Continue reading
The YouTube video shows nano-sized droplets being formed in the “lab on a chip” micro-fluids laboratory of engineering professor Sindy Tang at Stanford University. The droplets contain different dyes that emit different wavelengths of light when excited optically. The radius of each droplet is about 20 micrometers (20 micrometers = 0.000787401575 inches = very, very … Continue reading
LA JOLLA – An ecologist at San Diego State University who wants to help restore salt marshes and a biologist at UC Santa Cruz who studies harmful algal blooms are among this year’s recipients of California Sea Grant Focus Awards. Others receiving the one-year grants include a fish biologist at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories who … Continue reading
