Dr Stanislav P. Abadjiev
PROFILE

Born 16 March 1964, Kyustendil. Entomologist, web programmer, journalist. Associate Professor, Dr (1999). Interests: astronomy; dinosaurs; taxonomy of Neotropical Pierinae, butterflies of the Balkan Peninsula. Expeditions: Karelia Coast, north of the Arctic Circle, Russia (1991); Albania (1994, 1995); Turkey, from Anatolia and the Taurus system to the Pontic Mountains (1996).

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The Moon during a lunar eclipse. The red light illuminating the Moon's surface during the eclipse has gone through the Earth's atmosphere and carried the information of all the major Earth atmospheric components, (c) Daniel LopezGround-based eclipse observations yield unique insights

— 10 Jun 2009 17:00 | Astronomy
Earth's optical and near-infrared transmission spectrum has been measured from ground-based observations of a recent lunar…

Creation of new heart cells in mouse mesoderm in which cardiogenic factors have been introduced. The red colour marks cardiomyocytes, the green shows the cells that have taken up the factors, (c) Jun K. Takeuchi and Benoit G. BruneauProtein combination directs production of new cardiac myocytes

— 26 Apr 2009 17:00 | Biology
Scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have discovered a combination of proteins that triggers…

Artist's restoration of Guiyu oneiros, (c) Brian Choo, Victoria MuseumThe earliest known well-preserved bony fish found in China

— 25 Mar 2009 18:00 | Geology and palaeontology
A discovery of an exceptionally preserved primitive fish from the Ludlow of Yunnan, China is featured in the most recent…

An artist's conception of the main asteroid belt, a belt of asteroids and dust that orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter. The sizes of the planets and asteroids in this image have been greatly exaggerated, (c) D Minton, R MalhotraAsteroid belt mystery

— 25 Feb 2009 18:00 | Astronomy
The main asteroid belt may have been restructured by the giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn, as they migrated to their present…

Restoration of Austrophyllolepis, a flattened placoderm fish with large appendages on the pelvic fins used for mating, (c) artwork by J. LongDevonian embryos and the origin of internal fertilisation in vertebrates

— 25 Feb 2009 18:00 | Geology and palaeontology
A paper, published in the current issue of Nature (available online 25 February 2009) provides new evidence of reproduction…

The discovery of world's largest prehistoric snake is reported in today's issue of Nature. Excavations in Colombia unearthed fossil remains of a new snake species named Titanoboa cerrejonensis. Reconstruction illustration of the giant snake, (c) Jason BourqueTitanoboa, largest prehistoric snake discovered in Colombia

— 4 Feb 2009 16:30 | Geology and palaeontology
The discovery of world's largest prehistoric snake is reported in today's issue of Nature. The snake, named Titanoboa cerrejonensis,…