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- Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League finals week one
- Six U.S troops killed in Afghanistan over two days
- UK scientists discover multiple antibiotics used by fungus-farming ants to protect colonies
- Japanese researchers create smell sensor using genetically engineered frog eggs
- Canadian professional wrestler Luna Vachon dies aged 48
| Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League finals week one Posted: Monday, August 30, 2010 Week one of the Gippsland Football League (Gippsland League, GL) finals was played over the weekend at the Traralgon and Wonthaggi Recreation Reserves. The Gippsland League is the only major Australian rules football competition in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Traralgon defeated traditional rivals Morwell in the Qualifying Final to progress to the Second Semi Final against Maffra. Morwell now progress the the elimination First Semi Final to play either Leongather or Drouin, who are playing each other in the Elimination Final for the second straight year. More... |
| Six U.S troops killed in Afghanistan over two days Posted: Monday, August 30, 2010
Six American soliders have been killed in seperate battles in eastern and southern Afghanistan. Their deaths were announced by NATO's International Security Assistance Force. They said the troops died on the 28th and 29th. More... |
| UK scientists discover multiple antibiotics used by fungus-farming ants to protect colonies Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010 University of East Anglia researchers led by Dr Matt Hutchings have discovered that leafcutter ant deploy several antibiotics to protect fungi they grow as food for their queen and larvae. It is the first time ants have been found using more than one the antibiotic in combination. The new antibiotics discovered have anti-fungal effect, and can be useful for modern medicine. UK Medical Research Council funded the investigation. Acromyrmex octospinosus leaf cutter ants form biggest known colonies, reaching several million individuals. They are native to South and Central America, but are now found in the southern United States as well. They are known to grow fungi gardens, and this is why the researchers looked into the interaction of ants and fungi. The scientists collected them from three colonies in Trinidad and Tobago. UEA professor Dr Matt Hutchings explained, "This was really a fun project which started with a PhD student, Joerg Barke, streaking leaf-cutting ants onto agar plates to isolate antibiotic producing bacteria." More... |
| Japanese researchers create smell sensor using genetically engineered frog eggs Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010 A University of Tokyo group of researchers, led by bioengineer Shoji Takeuchi, have made an electronic sensor capable of smelling gases. The sensor uses genetically engineered frog cells. Since previous sensors were not very accurate, the scientist decided to try a biological approach. The invention was revealed in a US scientific journal yesterday, and is supposed to be used to design better machines to detect polluting gases in the atmosphere. Previous smell sensors were based on quartz rods, which vibrate when a substance binds to them. The gases are distinguished by their molar masses, which can be similar for molecules with different structure, thus relatively often triggering a false positive. Trying to find a more accurate solution, Takeuchi decided to follow an example from insect world. As he explained, "when you think about the mosquito, it is able to find people because of carbon dioxide from the human. So the mosquito has CO2 receptors. When we can (extract) DNA (from the mosquito) we can put this DNA into the frog eggs to detect CO2." More... |
| Canadian professional wrestler Luna Vachon dies aged 48 Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010 Former professional wrestler and manager Luna Vachon has died at the age of 48. The cause of death was not announced. Vachon wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment, formerly World Wrestling Federation between 1993 and 2000. At the time of her death, the Canadian-born Vachon was living with her mother in Florida after a fire at her house destroyed all of her possessions including her wrestling memorabilia. Her death was announced by family and friends. More... |
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