Infrared receptors in pyrophilous (“fire loving”) insects as model for new un-cooled infrared sensors

• David Klocke,
• Anke Schmitz,
• Helmut Soltner,
• Herbert Bousack and
• Helmut Schmitz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 186–197, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.22

• processed centrally (e.g., by the brain) rather than locally in their respective ganglia of origin [2]. It is suggested that smoke-derived odours and IR information converge on descending brain neurons which, in turn, control and direct flight toward the forest fire. Two genera of jewel beetles (family

Twofold role of calcined hydrotalcites in the degradation of methyl parathion pesticide

• Alvaro Sampieri,
• Geolar Fetter,
• María Elena Villafuerte-Castrejon,
• Adriana Tejeda-Cruz and
• Pedro Bosch

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 99–103, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.11

• concentrations. The symptoms of MP poisoning include, i.a., reduction of body weight, anemia and decreased brain acetylcholinesterase activity [2][3]. Although the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions [4] have forbidden hazardous pesticides including MP, this pesticide is still used for many corps. MP and