The Silicon Sting

[Nele Kasack]

Australia is claimed to have the nine most poisonous spiders in the world. It is true that we do have the most venomous snake in the world - the Fierce Snake. And it's also true that we have the world's most painful plant - the aptly-named stinging tree.In fact, there are six species of stinging tree in Australia, but only two of them are the tall woody types - the other four are lowish shrubs. They live along the East coast of Australia, from Cape York in the north, to Victoria in the south. They grow only if they get both strong sunlight, and protection from the wind. So you'll see them along tracks, the banks of creeks, and where the rainforest canopy has been broken by a falling branch or tree. They also pop up after a storm has ripped through a forest, or an area has been cleared for forestry or land development.Stinging trees play an important part in the ecology of a rainforest. Many native Australian animals, birds and insects are not bothered by the sting, and happily devour the leaves and fruit.We know a lot more about stinging trees, and what lives off them, thanks to Marina Hurley. She's an entomologist and ecologist, and got her doctorate at James Cook University in Cairns, for her research. She looked at two shrubs, the Gympie-Gympie (Dendrocnide moroides) which is the most painful of all the stinging trees, and another closely related but slightly less harmful shrub, D. cordifolia. Even though they don't hunt in packs, these stinging trees are pretty vicious. The sting is delivered through tiny silicon hairs that cover the leaves and the fruit of the plant. You can think of the silicon hairs as tiny fibres of non-transparent glass. Dr. Hurley found that the only way she could handle the leaves safely without getting stung, was to wear incredibly thick and bulky welding gloves. These silicon hairs penetrate your skin, and then break off. They're so tiny, that often the skin will close over the hairs. So sometimes, once you've been stung, you can't remove the stinging hairs.The silicon hairs cause pain, because they carry a neurotoxin. One scientist, Oelrichs, purified the poison and injected himself with it and suffered intense pain. He proved that the toxin, not the silicon hairs, caused the pain. If you have stabbed yourself with the hairs, you can release the neurotoxin from the hairs by heating or cooling your skin, or just touching it. This neurotoxin is very stable. Experiments have been done with hairs that were collected nearly a century ago, and they can still cause pain.The reaction depends on what species of animal gets stung, and how many hairs get stuck in the skin. But we humans feel something between mild irritation and intense pain and death. The pain comes immediately after touching the plant, and it gradually increases to a peak after about 20-30 minutes. The Dutch Botanist H. J. Winkler made the only official recording of Death By Stinging Tree, for a human. It was in New Guinea, back in the early 1920s. There have been other anecdotal stories from soldiers in WW II suffering intense pain, and of an officer shooting himself because of the unrelenting pain - but these are just word-of-mouth. But you can suffer even if you don't touch the plant. The plants continuously shed their stinging hairs. Stay close to the stinging trees for more than an hour, and you can get an allergic reaction - intensely painful and continuous bouts of sneezing. You can even get nose bleeds from these silicon hairs floating in the air. But Dr. Hurley found that if she wore filter masks, which she replaced regularly, she could work near the plants for a few hours at a time.Now there are two weird things about these stinging trees.First, these stinging trees are harmless to many native Australian species, but very nasty to introduced species such as humans, horses and dogs. The second thing is even weirder. The pain is real and intense, but your body does not suffer any damage. Fire and snake bites cause pain, AND they damage you as well. But it seems that the pain from this tree could be the only pain that is not related to any damage. If we look at the neurotoxin involved, we might learn a lot about the mechanism of pain.So what's the best way to get the hairs out of you, once you've accidentally got stuck on a stinging tree. Don't even think about rubbing the affected area with the sap of nearby trees, or the ground-up roots of the tree that stung you. No, it was a student from James Cook University in Cairns who discovered the best way - you can remove these hairs with a hair-removal wax strip. In fact this is now the official recommendation in a Queensland ambulance journal.It might sound like a good way to get a free leg wax, but the pain is not worth it.

All these factors are some of the reasons why Silicon chips are important to be circulated and manufactured. The reason why the production has declined is tied to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this correlation, this issue has been ongoing since 2020 and is expected, as stated by the CEO of Intel, Pat Gelsinger, to not end until that of 2023. The main reason why the production of silicon has decreased is due to the closing of many companies from the pandemic.

The Silicon Sting
Download File https://t.co/OKyyBIVE6J



It follows Andreessen Horowitz's investing heavily in two other efforts, the live-audio app Clubhouse and newsletter startup Substack. Both offer a "go direct" approach that lets speakers and writers get their messages to the public, while circumventing the media.

The protective silicone barrier bonds gently to the skin surface to create a fine, durable, protective silicone film. This breathable barrier protects the skin for up to 72 hours from damage caused by adhesives, body waste, and enzymes.

Welcome to wholesale our silicon carbide burner tube refractory ceramic sting out furnace furniture silicon carbide burner pipe nozzle for kiln furniture ignition. We are one of the leading ceramic and refractory products manufacturers and suppliers in China. We can assure you of the high hardness, cheap price and low cost of our products. Coming in wide application, please rest assured to buy quality products from our factory.

")[0],x=u.each,K.style.cssText="background-color:rgba(1,1,1,.5)",w.rgba=-1s.mod/2&&(n-=s.mod)),c[i]=A((o-n)*r+n,e)))}),this[e](c)},blend:function(t)if(1===this._rgba[3])return this;var e=this._rgba.slice(),i=e.pop(),n=v(t)._rgba;return v(u.map(e,function(t,e)return(1-i)*n[e]+i*t)),toRgbaString:function()var t="rgba(",e=u.map(this._rgba,function(t,e)return null==t?21;if(queue)duration/=2settings.offset=both(settings.offset);settings.over=both(settings.over);return this.each(function()window:this,$elem=$(elem),targ=target,attr=,toff;switch(typeof targ)%)?$/.test(targ))targ=both(targ);breaktarg=win?$(targ):$(targ,elem);case 'object':if(targ.length===0)returnif(targ.isvar offset=isFunction(settings.offset)&&settings.offset(elem,targ);$scrollTo.max=function(elem,axis)var Dim=axis==='x'?'Width':'Height',scroll='scroll'+Dim;if(!isWin(elem))return elem[scroll]-$(elem)[Dim.toLowerCase()]()var size='client'+Dim,doc=elem.ownerDocument;function both(val)$.Tween.propHooks.scrollLeft=$.Tween.propHooks.scrollTop=get:function(t)return $(t.elem)[t.prop](),set:function(t)var curr=this.get(t);if(t.options.interrupt&&t._last&&t._last!==curr)return $(t.elem).stop()var next=Math.round(t.now);if(curr!==next)$(t.elem)[t.prop](next);t._last=this.get(t);return $scrollTo);jQuery(document).ready(function () jQuery(".scroll-top").click(function () jQuery("html, body").animate(scrollTop: 0, "slow");return false;);wnd_sr();jQuery(window).resize(function () wnd_sr();).scroll(function () wnd_xy(););).keyup(function (e) if(e.keyCode == 27 && upi_ol.ol_shown) upi_ol.close();).resize(function () wnd_sr();).scroll(function () wnd_xy(););function upi_sb() var hi = jQuery('.t_s_c');var cont = jQuery('.t_s_c .s_dd');if(cont.is(":visible")) cont.fadeOut(100); else cont.fadeIn(100);jQuery('.ss_af').focus();function fn_cxy(c1, c2, c_x, px_x) if(jQuery('#px').width() x) asp = ps[0] / ps[1];xy[0] = x;xy[1] = (x / asp);if(xy[1] > y)asp = xy[1] / xy[0];xy[0] = (y / asp);xy[1] = y;else if(ps[1] > y) asp = ps[1] / ps[0];xy[0] = (y/ asp);xy[1] = y;if(xy[0] > x)asp = xy[0] / xy[1];xy[0] = x;xy[1] = (x/ asp);if(!xy[0]) xy[0] = ps[0];xy[1] = ps[1];return xy;function generateUUID() var d = new Date().getTime();var d2 = (performance && performance.now && (performance.now()*1000)) if(upirc('_upi_uid') == null) upicc('_upi_uid', generateUUID(), 10);" context": " "," type":"NewsArticle","url":" ","mainEntityOfPage":" type":"WebPage"," id":" -computer-sting-The-Hitachi-Connection/3728394603200/","url":" -computer-sting-The-Hitachi-Connection/3728394603200/", "headline": "FBI computer sting: The Hitachi Connection - UPI Archives","datePublished": "1982-07-04T00:00:00-04:00", "publisher": " type": "NewsMediaOrganization","name": "UPI","logo": " type": "ImageObject","url": " -logo.png","width": 448, "height": 448, "description": "Reacting to reports that industrial espionage was as common in the Silicon Valley as jaywalking in San Francisco, the FBI last fall opened a phony consulting...".upi_spr background: url('/upi/dw/img/upi.spr.351.png') no-repeat; /*! * hoverIntent r7 // 2013.03.11 // jQuery 1.9.1+ * Copyright 2007, 2013 Brian Cherne */(function(e){e.fn.hoverIntent=function(t,n,r){var i=interval:100,sensitivity:7,timeout:500;if(typeof t==="object")i=e.extend(i,t)else if(e.isFunction(n))i=e.extend(i,over:t,out:n,selector:r)elsei=e.extend(i,over:t,out:t,selector:n)var s,o,u,a;var f=function(e)s=e.pageX;o=e.pageY;var l=function(t,n){n.hoverIntent_t=clearTimeout(n.hoverIntent_t);if(Math.abs(u-s)+Math.abs(a-o)
eebf2c3492