Brain damage at birth is a horrible thing to happen to a baby. Brain cells are very vulnerable to hypoxic / ischemic damage (the latter term referring to restricted blood supply), which makes birth a dangerous time. Therefore, it was cheering to read a BBC news item
First baby given xenon gas to prevent brain injurywhich led me to the Bristol University press release
First newborn receives xenon gas in bid to prevent brain injury which begins
I have just returned from over a week working at DESY (das Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron) at Hamburg, and when I am not so tired I hope to write up some more synchrotron stuff for you all. We were working over the Easter holiday, and while the DESY Bistro provided a magnificent brunch over that four-day period, on Sunday and Monday the only place within walking distance where we could find something to eat in the evening was Burger King (very appropriate for Hamburg, don’t you think?)
How would you be feeling, if you had parked your boat in the marina at Caergybi (
Holyhead) just off Ynys Môn (
Anglesey, see map below)
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and found its anchor chains covered with this?
Does Spiderman get wet?
The hunt has been on for some time now for what are called superhydrophobic surfaces. These would be ideal for see-though surfaces such as windscreens and coating for solar cells, where any dirty water that splashes on will simply roll off it like the proverbial duck’s back.