Over half the personnel at its La Esperanza research base are infected with Covid-19 Nine unvaccinated and infected members of staff have been evacuated to Buenos Aires, after over half the 43 scientists and military personnel stationed at an Antarctic facility in Hope Bay tested positive for Covid-19. That’s according to Patricia Ortuzar, the polar […]
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Remote Antarctic station hit with Covid-19 outbreak
The Belgian scientific base has reported a cluster of cases despite its staff being fully vaccinated Researchers working at Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Polar Station in Antarctica have contracted Covid-19, even though all personnel have been inoculated and any new arrival has to follow rigorous safety protocols. Two-thirds of the station’s staff of 25 have been […]
O specie de bacterii cu proprietăți anti-melanom, găsită în ascidiile din Oceanul Antarctic
Există puține locuri mai îndepărtate de dulapul cu medicamente decât sunt țesuturile unei ascidii, sau tunicier, de pe fundul înghețat al Oceanului Antarctic – dar tocmai aici oamenii de știință caută să găsească un nou tratament cu proprietăți anti-melanom, unul dintre cele mai periculoase tipuri de cancer de piele. Într-o nouă lucrare care a fost […]