Colony collapse disorder (CCD) has puzzled beekeepers and entomologists alike since it first emerged in the US in the autumn of 2006. Its hallmark is that colonies are apparently abandoned without significant numbers of dead bees being found. Similar problems were then also found in the UK and other European countries (Curr. Biol. 18, R1073). The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has now re...

Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection [1]. Sepsis syndrome represents the body’s host response to infection. Classically, sepsis has been defined and classified as systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis and septic shock based on diagnostic criteria derived from the systemic response to inflammation (Figure 1)....

s from Papers NASA’s New Breakup Model of EVOLVE 4.0 33rd Scientific Assembly of COSPAR N. Johnson, P. Krisko, J.-C. Liou, P. AnzMeador Analyses of the fragmentation (due to explosions and collisions) of spacecraft and rocket bodies in low Earth orbit (LEO) have been performed this year at NASA/JSC. The overall goals of this study have been to achieve a better understanding of the results of fr...