Microscopic colitis explained – and why it’s often mistaken for IBS: Body Stock/Shutterstock In 1976, a Swedish pathologist, C.G Lindström, published a paper describing a colonic anomaly. Through his microscope, he noted that part of the large intestinal wall of one of his patients was thickened. The patient, whose large intestine had been so thoroughly …
Climate change threatens food but microscopic algae offer answers: Microalgae are a diverse group of microscopic aquatic organisms. Maryna Lahereva/Shutterstock In 2021 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued the first volume of its latest authoritative report on climate change. The United Nations secretary-general branded its findings a “code red for humanity”. The emerging and …
Inside the world of tiny phytoplankton – microscopic algae that provide most of our oxygen: Shutterstock/Choksawatdikorn Phytoplankton are microscopic algae living throughout the ocean’s surface waters. They can’t swim and are at the mercy of the currents and tides. Despite their small size, phytoplankton enable life in the oceans – and throughout the planet – …
Microscopic animals are busy distributing microplastics throughout the world’s soil: King George Island, Antarctica. Don Fink / shutterstock King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands, lies 120km, about a day’s sail off the northernmost tip of Antarctica. It’s a rugged place – home to seals, penguins, a few scientific bases and not …
Netflix builds a Jupyter Lab alternative, a bug bounty to fight election hacking, Raspberry Pi goes microscopic, and more open source news: In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at a machine learning tool from Netflix, Microsoft’s election software bug bounty, a cost-effective microscope built with Raspberry Pi, and …
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