Conceptually new methods of hydrate formation are proposed. The first one is based on the shock wave impact on a water-bubble medium. It is shown that the hydrate formation rate in this process is typically very high. A gas hydrate of carbon dioxide was produced. The process was experimentally studied using various initial conditions, as well as different external action magnitudes. The obtaine...

Dictyostelium discoideum can be cloned in droplets of liquid medium by a method that permits observation of the complete life cycle. This alternative to solidified media provides advantages in clonal analysis.

Biofilm-forming microorganisms switch between two forms: free-living planktonic and sessile multicellular. Sessile communities of yeast biofilms in liquid medium provide a primitive example of multicellularity and are clinically important because biofilms tend to have other growth characteristics than free-living cells. We investigated the genetic basis for yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, biof...

This article describes CLEAN, an approach to the detection of low-energy solar neutrinos and neutrinos released from supernovae. The CLEAN concept is based on the detection of elastic scattering events (neutrino-electron scattering and neutrinonuclear scattering) in liquified noble gases such as liquid helium, liquid neon, and liquid xenon, all of which scintillate brightly in the ultraviolet. ...

Aseptic cultures of Maranta leuconeura were established from shoot tip explants. They were initiated on Murashige and Skoog (MS)-basal medium supplemented with benzyladenine (BA, 5 mg/l) and agar (6 mg/l) (starting medium). Explants were transferred at 6 week intervals until the onset of proliferation (ca. 6 months). Thereafter, four subcultures were made in liquid multiplication medium contain...