JPEG is also used in almost every webcam, the video stream being a series of multiple MJPEG images. There are other methods like H.264/H.265 video format standardized in USB UVC 1.5, but hardly ...

The blood of horseshoe crabs is bright blue, not red like ours. The "jack-of-all-trades" creatures are built to last, and the blood can do amazing things. That makes it incredibly valuable to drug ...

The horseshoe crab has been on Earth for 350 million years. An ancient and complex anatomy hides within its domed shell. From its 10 eyes to its tube-like ...

Horseshoe crab blood is used to test vaccines around the world. But while Europe has approved a synthetic alternative, biomedical labs are bleeding more crabs from the Atlantic coast.

Environment Blue blood from horseshoe crabs is valuable for medicine, but a declining bird needs them for food The horseshoe crabs have been harvested for use as bait and medicine from Florida to ...

The blue blood from the horseshoe crab has been used to manufacture vaccines, but their population is declining nationwide and in the Tri-State area.

Horseshoe crabs, the blue-blooded burrowers in the genus Xiphosura, first appeared in the fossil record about 450 million years ago. Around that same time, arachnids crawled into existence.

However, the state allows the biomedical industry to use horseshoe crab blood for biomedicine. It’s estimated that up to 1 million horseshoe crabs in the U.S. are harvested a year for the biomedical ...