Aquarium

Secret of Heart Regeneration Uncovered

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:38:35 +0000

Newts can regrow a limb. Some lizards can sprout new tails. Even humans can replace some damaged tissue in organs, such as the liver. But none can accomplish what the zebra fish, a common denizen of home aquariums, can do: regenerate their hearts. Biologists have long known about the zebra fish’s cardiac ability, and now researchers think they have

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Cool, Free ultimate digg.com screensaver.

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:38:20 +0000

There were times when it was pretty cool having that fancy starfield screensaver on your computer, back then. Now, if you know where you can get quality news, then you’re most probably aware of Digg.com. Get rid of that aquarium, dump that 3D Boxes and remove your Playboy screensaver, they’ve become obsolete.

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U.S. to let states kill sea lions to save salmon

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:38:08 +0000

Before sea lions are killed, they must be trapped and held for 48 hours while fisheries managers try to find them a home at a zoo or aquarium.

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Whales with santa hats, may cure brain damage.

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:37:44 +0000

Whale brains may be the key to treating strokes. A Japanese aquarium is celebrating this by outfitting their Beluga whales with festive holiday santa hats!

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Dolphin recovers swimming ability with artificial fin

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:37:31 +0000

Bridgestone has developed a rubber fin for a dolphin that lost most of its tail fin to disease. The beneficiary of the technology is Fuji, a 235-kilogram 2.7 metre female at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. Fuji has regained nearly all of her swimming ability since receiving the new fin…

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Algae may save the planet from global warming

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:37:04 +0000

Been posted but didn’t go anywhere, so we’ll try this again! Forget hydrogen fuel cells, the future of cutting pollution and creating clean fuels may lie with every aquarium owners nemesis: algae.

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Scientists Create World’s Thinnest Balloon

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:36:52 +0000

Scientists have created the world’s thinnest balloon, made of a single layer of carbon just one atom thick. The fabric that the balloon is made of is leakproof to even the tiniest airborne molecules. It could find use in “aquariums” smaller than a red blood cell, through which scientists could peer at molecules, researchers suggested.

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Pretty Sure This Violates the Warranty

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:36:36 +0000

A watercooled Xbox 360. As casemods go, this one looks like someone locked the A-Team in a barn, Murdoch and B.A. improvised with some aquarium tank hose and an aerator, and the gang saved the day. I love it when a plan comes together.

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Google Releases 3″ Resolution Aerial Photos of Las Vegas

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:36:22 +0000

For a small area of downtown Las Vegas you can see VERY high resolution photos in Google Earth (NOT Google Maps). You can easily see car types, even see people and their shadows, see dolphins swimming in an aquarium, see the duplicate Eiffel Tower at the Paris Hotel, and more.

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Using Goldfish To Clean A Deep Fryer

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:36:10 +0000

You have to see the video for this. A Japanese man created a deep fryer that sits atop an aquarium. Since the oil and water don’t mix, the fish can live and eat fallen foodstuffs from the frying process. The real question: why aren’t the fish obese?

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