Joachim Schmillen 
Progress Bar 0% Prefix Postfix CMU reports positive results from ocean-cleaning trial The Jamaica Gleaner reported on Saturday, March 2, 2019 about our first successful JAMBIN test. The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is reporting positive results from the trials of the prototype of its ocean-cleaning device dubbed ‘Jambin’. An innovation out of the CMU’s recently … Read more
IMO, CBEI and Blue Economy The Secretary-General of the IMO (International Maritime Organisation), Mr. Kitak Lim, visited Jamaica on February 26 to 28. 2019,. He attended the High-Level Symposium “Harnessing the Blue Economy for the Sustainable Development of the Caribbean.” Tuesday, 26th of February had paid a courtesy call to the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), … Read more
Today someone sent me a link to this interesting article about Open Sea Cage Farming. I find it very interesting. You know what? A recent study with the title “The ecological and economic potential for offshore mariculture in the Caribbean” describes a huge potential of these Open Sea Cage Farming (mariculture) in the Jamaican waters. … Read more
NOT ALL IS BREXIT! I know, I know, it’s only 44 days to go to the Brexit. And the news in Europe, both on the continent and the island, are full of articles, analyses, and commentaries. But fortunately, there are also other topics for British research institutes. Because the Brexit, deal or no-deal, hard or … Read more
I found this fantastic interactive website last night. You select a specific event, like the first coral reef or you can jump to a particular time, let’s say 500 million years back, and you will see how mother Earth looked. Type in your address, and maybe you have to realize that your home today was … Read more
On a scale from 1 to 10 for scientific surprises, I personally come to a 9 for the results of a new study described below, a result what the author had foreseen. Susan Lozier, an oceanographer at Duke University who was the lead author of the research published end of January in Science gives herself a … Read more
What do elephants have to do with the plastic waste in the oceans? Nothing. Thats right. Normally. In order to better imagine the monstrosity of the problem, elephants come into play. At least that’s what some scientists were thinking about to illustrate the problem. It sounds almost funny if it would not be so sad. … Read more
The message seems to be clear. Young, growing populations and high scope for catch-up mean emerging economies still offer the best prospects for long-term growth. Today’s emerging markets are tomorrow’s powerhouses, according to a recent forecast from Standard Chartered. The bank sees developing economies like Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, and Egypt all moving up the ladder – and by … Read more
Nucleosides isolated from a Caribbean sponge, Cryptotethya crypta, were the basis for the synthesis of Aciclovir. Yep! Aciclovir is used to treat infections caused by viruses, such as herpes simplex virus (which causes cold sores around your mouth and genital herpes) and varicella zoster (which causes chickenpox and shingles). It works by stopping the growth of the viruses that cause the … Read more
Mariculture, as a specialized branch of aquaculture, offers a promising avenue for economic development and sustainable local seafood production in the Caribbean. The seafood production could be over 34 million metric tons per year, according to recently published research by researcher at the Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the Marine Science Institute (MSI) … Read more