A hidden coral destruction

A hidden coral destruction

Pressure is growing for protection of some of the least known but most ancient biological systems — deep-water coral reefs — under threat of destruction as trawlers increasingly turn to deep sea fishing with catches in more conventional shallow-water fisheries dwindling dramatically. Deep water corals, as opposed to the well-known shallow water corals of the tropics, occur worldwide and in high...

Acanthaster: tests of the time course of coral destruction.

Piero della Francesca's coral pendants: the hidden bronchial anatomy.

To cite: Ambrogi V. Thorax 2014;69:1161. During the Renaissance, painters frequently used to hide human anatomies inside their artworks. Piero della Francesca (1415–1492) in two paintings represents the infant Jesus with a necklace of coral beads, symbol of beauty and tool for protection against illness or sudden death. Interestingly, the shape of both coral pendants follows a scheme similar to...

On the destruction of the hidden order in URu2Si2 by a strong magnetic field

We present a study of transport properties of the heavy fermion URu2Si2 in pulsed magnetic field. The large Nernst response of the hidden order state is found to be suppressed when the magnetic field exceeds 35 T. The combination of resistivity, Hall and Nernst data outlines the reconstruction of the Fermi surface in the temperature-field phase diagram. The zero-field ground state is a compensa...

A Soft Coral-Derived Compound, 11-epi-Sinulariolide Acetate Suppresses Inflammatory Response and Bone Destruction in Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis

In recent years, a significant number of metabolites with potent anti-inflammatory properties have been discovered from marine organisms, and several of these compounds are now under clinical trials. In the present study, we isolated 11-epi-sinulariolide acetate (Ya-s11), a cembrane-type compound with anti-inflammatory effects, from the Formosa soft coral Sinularia querciformis. Preliminary scr...