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[Klintersaas]

Pig-like beast discovered in South America


The peccary was found in the southeastern Amazon region of Brazil


A new species of pig-like mammal called a peccary has been discovered in the southeastern Amazon region of Brazil, a scientist announced today. It is the largest peccary in the world, about the size of a large dog.


Lees meer ... MSNBC

[Klintersaas]

Fotogalerij van 15 in 2006 ontdekte diersoorten: http://reference.aol.com/planet-earth/animals/new-species

[Klintersaas]

Methaanbacterie krijgt het zuur


A. fumarolicum gedijt bij pH 1


Uit een modderpoel op de hellingen van de Vesuvius heeft de Nijmeegse microbioloog Arjan Pol een methaanetende bacterie opgevist die zich het lekkerst voelt bij 50 tot 70 graden Celsius en een pH van 1 of minder. Kortom, in een medium dat gaten in je labjas brandt en trouwens ook in de huid daaronder. Acidimethylosilex fumarolicum, behorend tot de familie van de Verrucomicrobia, wordt deze week gepresenteerd op de website van Nature.


Lees meer ... C2W


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Bekijk de Wikipediapagina (Engels) over de Verrucomicrobia

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Dinosaur found with vacuum-cleaner mouth


110 million-year-old plant eater discovered in Sahara Desert


WASHINGTON - Perhaps it was one of those eureka moments, when the scientists realized they had discovered a new dinosaur with mouth parts designed to vacuum up food.


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Big waddling dinosaur discovered


Creature belongs to a group characterized by long necks and small heads


A strange, long-necked waddling dinosaur with massive arms and probably enormous claws has been discovered.


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New duck-billed dinosaur discovered


Fossil found in Utah helping scientists recreate ancient North America


A toothy, big-boned dinosaur uncovered in Utah is helping scientists recreate what ancient North America looked like 75 million years ago.


Lees meer ... MSNBC

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Massive dinosaur bird discovered in China


Creature's tall stature, up to 16 feet, surprises scientists


A gigantic bird-like dinosaur weighing as much as a car towered over its relatives about 70 million years ago, a new finding suggests.


Lees meer ... MSNBC

[PdeJongh]

EDIT Klintersaas: De drie volgende posts komen uit de voormalige topic "'Helse bacteriën' bestrijden broeikasgas". Omdat ik dit nieuws echter reeds hier gepost had, zijn deze topics samengevoegd.


Rokende vulkanen zijn de favoriete stek van een nieuwe bacterie die methaan afbreekt. Hij groeit het beste bij vijftig graden en een zuurgraad lager dan één.


Lees meer... NRC

[DePurpereWolf]

een pH lager dan 1? is dat niet enorm basisch, (scheikunde is lang geleden.)

[Dalton]

Nee, boven de 7 is basisch.


pH schaal loopt van Zuur 0 tot 14 Basisch met 7 als neutraal.

Extreme zuren en basen kunnen onder de 0 of boven de 14 uitkomen.


0,1M Zoutzuur = pH 1

[Noorderlog-feed]

Fossiele monddelen laten zien dat schorpioenen ooit veel groter waren dan nu. Zelfs groter dan een mens, blijkt uit een nieuwe vondst.


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A monster creepy-crawly: the immense fossilised claw of a 2.5m-long sea scorpion is described by scientists.


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[Klintersaas]

Newfound dinosaur dubbed 'alien sauropod'


Found in a British museum more than 100 years after being initially dug up


A new sauropod dinosaur, dubbed Xenoposeidon, has been found in a British museum's collection, more than 100 years after the fossil was initially dug up.


Lees meer ... MSNBC


Bekijk de Wikipediapagina over de Xenoposeidon

[Klintersaas]

New Light Trap Captures Larval Stage Of New Species; DNA Barcode Technology Used


When David Jones, a fisheries oceanographer at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) located at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School, set out to design a better light trap to collect young reef fishes, he never imagined his invention would contribute to the discovery of a new species. But, after finding a goby that didn't quite fit any known description, his catch turned out to be the answer to another scientist's twenty-five-year-old research conundrum. The larval stage captured in Jones's new trap was matched to the adult form of a previously unknown species of reef fish by new DNA barcoding technology -- which confirmed both were members of a new species.


Lees meer ... ScienceDaily


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[Klintersaas]

New species of leopard with largest fangs in cat world discovered


Long thought to be identical to the clouded leopards living on mainland South East Asia, genetic analysis has shown that the Bornean big cat is in fact a separate species.


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Lees meer ... BBC News (+ videofragment)


Bekijk de Wikipediapagina over de Neofelis diardi

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Prehistoric sea ‘monster’ discovered


Remains of reptile measuring 40 feet long might be a new species


OSLO, Norway - Remains of a bus-sized prehistoric "monster" reptile found on a remote Arctic island may be a new species never before recorded by science, researchers said Tuesday.


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[Klintersaas]

New ancient ape species discovered


10-million-year-old jawbone and 11 teeth found in Kenya's Nakali region



A fossil unearthed in Kenya belongs to a new species of ape that lived around the same time as the last common ancestor of gorillas and humans.


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Bekijk de Wikipediapagina over de Nakalipithecus nakayamai

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Giant spitting cobra found in Kenya


Massive serpent can launch poison over a distance of several meters


NAIROBI - A giant spitting cobra, measuring nearly nine feet and carrying enough venom to kill at least 15 people, has been discovered in Kenya, a conservation group said on Friday.


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Lees meer ... National Geographic (+ afbeeldingen)

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Bekijk de Wikipediapagina over de Naja ashei

[Klintersaas]

Tomato Disease In Mexico Caused By New Virus


Scientists of Plant Research International of Wageningen UR have identified the virus that causes great damage in tomato cultivation in Mexico where the disease is known as ‘Marchitez’, which means 'withered'.


Lees meer ... ScienceDaily


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Sinkhole opens way to weird fossil world


Discovery includes land-roaming crocodile, tortoise and 25 species of birds


Fossil skeletons of an unusual land-roaming Cuban crocodile, a tortoise and 25 species of birds including a raptor known as a caracara are among the ancient treasures recently discovered in a sinkhole in the Bahamas.


Lees meer ... MSNBC

Lees meer ... ScienceDaily

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Een Britse student heeft een nieuw type vleesetende dino gevonden. Het is meteen een van de de grootste in zijn soort.


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