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Thursday, January 19, 2012

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

Unusual 'tulip' creature discovered

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:36 PM PST

A bizarre creature that lived in the ocean more than 500 million years ago has emerged from the famous Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies. Officially named Siphusauctum gregarium, fossils reveal a tulip-shaped creature that is about the length of a dinner knife (approximately 20 centimeters or eight inches) and has a unique filter feeding system.

Saving dogs with spinal cord injuries

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 12:53 PM PST

Dogs with spinal cord injuries may soon benefit from an experimental drug currently being tested by researchers — work that they hope will one day help people with similar injuries.

Ancient popcorn discovered in Peru

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 11:36 AM PST

People living along the coast of Peru were eating popcorn 1,000 years earlier than previously reported and before ceramic pottery was used there, according to a new article.

How drugs get those tongue-twisting generic names

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:20 AM PST

Oseltamivir. Esomeprazole. Trastuzumab. Where do drugs get those odd-sounding generic names? The answers are in a new article that explains the logic behind the tongue-twisters.

Ulcer-causing bacteria baffled by mucus: Researchers discover impact of viscoelasticity on collective behavior of swimming microorganisms

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:17 AM PST

A new study demonstrates how introducing certain polymers—like those found in human mucus and saliva—into an aquatic environment makes it significantly more difficult for ulcer-causing bacteria and other microorganisms to coordinate.
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