Badger's Cold Storage Plant

Ions in cold electrostatic storage devices Ions in cold electrostatic storage devices

We have constructed a compact purely electrostatic ion-beam trap, ConeTrap, which we have mounted inside a double-walled vacuum chamber. In the inner vacuum chamber, we can obtain ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions and reach thermal equilibrium at well controlled temperatures down to 10 K. The chamber was constructed partly with the purpose of making high-precision measurements in ConeTrap, but...

Cold Agglutinins. v. Deterioration of Cold Isohemagglutinins on Storage.

Plant adaptation to cold climates

In this short review, I will first summarize criteria by which environments can be considered "cold", with plant stature (size, height above ground) playing a central role for the climate actually experienced. Plants adapted to such environments have to cope with both extremes and with gradual influences of low temperature. The first requires freezing resistance, which is tightly coupled to dev...

Threatened badgers' breeding secrets

Mammals, like other animals, use a range of tactics to maximise breeding success but there is often a sexual conflict which mismatches the best strategies for males and females. How these conflicts pan out represent a rich field of research for workers looking at evolutionary issues. In a new study, biologists from the University of Oxford explore the evidence that a rare tactic is used by fema...

Cold Storage Warehouses - an Engineering Overview

The product to be handled in a refrigerated facility defines the building's function. Will the incoming product be fresh or frozen? If the product is fresh, how much and what kind of further processing will there be done in the facility? This consideration will define the need for ice production and handling, special cutting, portioning, or other processing and/or cooking machinery. Will the fu...