Frosted Fall Leaves wallpaper, Killer paint help kill superbugs, Illinois 300 million year old rain forests

Frosted Fall Leaves wallpaper. There are some small herbaceous plants in there too. For the sake of brevity I didn’t call it Fall leaves resting on top of some small plants that still had some frozen moisture on them.

Killer paint could keep hospital superbugs in check

Hospitals could tackle superbugs by painting walls and ceiling with a “killer paint” that destroys bacteria when exposed to light, if preliminary work by UK biochemists works out.’

Very small amounts of  titanium dioxide have been used for a while now to help prevent the transparent appearance of white paint. Scientists found that when they put some UV light on paint with the titanium oxide it killed bacteria too. One problem is the combination of the UV light and dioxide is that it breaks down the emulsifier in the paint. Since it also kills bacteria could long term exposure kill, for example, cells in human lungs.

Remember those ancient fossil forests that were discovered in 2007. Scientists have found some more, Giant Underground Fossil Forests Show Record of Warming

Huge tracts of prehistoric rain forest ravaged by global warming more than 300 million years ago have been found preserved underneath the U.S. Midwest, according to scientists.

The fossilized forests, including one covering 39 square miles (100 square kilometers), were discovered in coal mines in eastern Illinois by a team of international researchers.

These fossil rain forests in Illinois represent the oldest known rain forests.

Snowy Owl in Snow. It might look like a photo at this size, but its a painting.