By Jason Stajich, on August 18th, 2008
An outbreak of a fungal infection called “white-nose syndrome” is killing bats in the Northeastern US. This New Scientist article mentions the outbreak briefly and an NPR story and recent Boston Globe story also gives it some coverage.
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By Jason Stajich, on March 3rd, 2008
I’ve been too busy to post much these last few days, but here are a few links to some papers I found interesting in my recent browsing.
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By Jason Stajich, on May 29th, 2007
A recent paper in PLoS One entitled Ionizing Radiation Changes the Electronic Properties of Melanin and Enhances the Growth of Melanized Fungi describes some pretty amazing results that have gotten some press lately. The lead author, Dr Dadachova, spoke on NPR’s Science Friday last week. [...]
By Jason Stajich, on February 5th, 2007
Ever wonder what goes on in a cow’s multi-chambered stomach? Probably not. I did think about it a little more after a trip to a teaching farm during grad school where we saw a cow with a fistula. This hole provides access to the cows stomach so that samples can be drawn of [...]
