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• n  the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
• n  the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended

• Plasma is a has-beenor should be.
• Blood plasma pooled from many donors can be rendered free of the dangerous hepatitis virus if kept at room temperature for six months.
• In future plasma thermocouples, this can be solved by bleeding off the gas.

• germ plasm
• plasma
• blood plasma

News & Articles

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• The Sun’s Stormy Weather
  A recent solar flare could present Northern Lights to Southerners J. Alex Knoll A powerful solar flare on January 7 launched a barrage of plasm our way, which has the chance of producing auroras at much lower latitudes than usual. Scientists expect the activity to begin before dawn Thursday, January 9, which is too late to help given this issue’s release that day. But solar astronomers don’t ...
  Jan. 9, 2014 - Bay Weekly

Quotes

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• Cary Fowler in ABC Science Online
  What we will store on Svalbard is not just one or two million seed samples and germ plasm, but the work of countless generations of farmers for thousands of years,Fowler says. "Our crops are the oldest artefacts in the world, they are...