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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - "Red snow" is shown on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic on July 17, 2012. A Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observed the same day an area of around 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Members of a Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observe "red snow" on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic on July 17, 2012. They spotted an area of about 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Members of a Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observe "red snow" on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic on July 17, 2012. They spotted an area of about 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Photo taken July 17, 2012, shows "red snow" on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic. A Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observed the same day an area of around 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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Matsushita Seiko develops food poisoning tester

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Seiko Co. said May 9 it has developed a device (shown in photo) that can quickly determine whether food or cooking utensils are contaminated with microbes that can cause food poisoning, such as E. coli bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus. The system takes only 10 minutes to complete the test, which in the past has typically taken more than a day, the company said. Matsushita Seiko plans to put the device on the market by December, targeting food companies.

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U.S.-funded labs around Russia work to create bio-weapons: Kremlin

STORY: U.S.-funded labs around Russia work to create bio-weapons: Kremlin DATELINE: April 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): MENG JING, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): MENG JING, Xinhua correspondent "Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Saturday that Moscow has information that an array of biological laboratories that are engaged in developing bio-weapons have been founded around Russia. Peskov said in an interview with Belarus-24 TV channel that "within the framework of a program funded by the Pentagon, a whole network of biolabs have been created around Russia and Belarus, which not only deal with extremely dangerous pathogens, microbes, viruses, but also work on projects to invent new types of biological weapons." During Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, the dangerous biological activities of the United States had been revealed, according to Irina Yarovaya, deputy chairperson of the State Duma or the l

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Farmers show asparagus produced by using "treasure fertilizer"

Ryuichi Tabuchi and his wife in Taku, Saga Prefecture, show asparagus they have grown by using "treasure fertilizer," a mixture of sludge generated in the sewage treatment process and byproduct microbes from the amino acid fermentation production by the Ajinomoto Group, in April 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsushita Seiko develops food poisoning tester

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Seiko Co. said May 9 it has developed a device (shown in photo) that can quickly determine whether food or cooking utensils are contaminated with microbes that can cause food poisoning, such as E. coli bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus. The system takes only 10 minutes to complete the test, which in the past has typically taken more than a day, the company said. Matsushita Seiko plans to put the device on the market by December, targeting food companies.