Results tagged “jellyfish”

Columbia professor Martin Chalfie (pictured) was named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year. Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, and Roger Tsien of University of California, San Diego shared the prize "or the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP."

The death of a participant during the eighth annual NYC Triathlon cast a pall over the event and raised questions about the conditions. Competitors mentioned that jellyfish were stinging them during the first leg--the 0.93 swim in the Hudson River. One described them as "the size of salad plates" to the Daily News. However, the NY Times, referring to WebMD.com, reported, "Jellyfish stings often result in minor allergic reactions; in rare cases, they can cause difficulty breathing, coma or death."