Scientists have created "Zombie cells", get your survival kits ready

Biological researchers have created dead 'zombie' cells in the lab which outperform living cells.

Seriously.

A team at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have innovated a technique whereby mammalian cells are coated with silica to form a near-perfect replicas.

The silica replicants can survive greater pressures and temperatures than flesh, and perform many functions better than the original cells did when alive.

By painting the cells with silicic acid in a petri dish, the acid embalms the organic matter in the cell down to the nanometer level.

The silica then acts as a permeable armour, according to Michael Hess at the American Office of Public Affairs.

That means the cell beneath can be used as a catalyst at far greater temperatures than normal.

Heating the silica to around 400C evaporates the protein in the cell, but leaves the silica as a three-dimensional replica of the "formerly living being", Hess said.

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A "Terrifying" Haunted Bible is availible for purchase on Ebay

A man called Fred is selling a "haunted antique Bible", that he believes is possessed by spirits that pulled a woman down the stairs, on Ebay for £120,000.

Fred, from Harrington, Cumbria, has already declined an offer of £50,000 for the antique Bible, believing it to be worth more due to its spiritual connections.

He was given the Bible, which is thought to date back to the early 1800s, by a female friend who inherited it from her grandparents.

She gave him the book in 2011 when she had "had enough" of its haunting: "There were doors opening, cupboards opening, stomping, someone walking upstairs," said Fred.

The "final straw" for his friend when "she was pulled by her hair and dragged down the stairs getting bruises all over her body, which is when she thought enough was enough and she decided to give it to me so I could keep it for."

When he took the Bible out of the house, the haunting stopped.

er wants to live with it under his roof and the woman has given him permission to sell it.
On Ebay, he warns the potential buyer: "This book is highly haunted and after getting a couple of psychics examining it, I've been told that spirits are attached to this book, therefor (sic) I accept no responsibility for any poltergeist activities that this Bible might bring into your dwellings, and I'm not to be held accountable to any incidents of the sort.

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Woman captures ghost at a Murder Mystery Party

The ghostly figure was caught on camera at a murder mystery night – and guests claim the spooky arrival turned the music off and made the room freezing cold.

Victoria Beech organised the charity event for Blind Veterans UK held at the Chateau Rhianfa hotel in Wales.

She said: "As we were setting up before everyone arrived, the room suddenly became absolutely freezing.

"I popped out to check on the heating and was told it had been on for hours.

"By the time I got back in it was roasting again and our CD player kept stopping and starting too."

 

The picture was captured by a terrified Suzanne Evanson at the event which raised over £2,000.

She said: "I had absolutely no idea when I took the picture that I was actually capturing a ghost who had turned up to our Murder Mystery night.

"It was only when we looked through the photos again for our next event that we saw the figure."

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Ghost caught on camera in a deserted Russian bar (video)

The chilling film shows the empty bar's curtains being moved and chairs being turned around after staff had left for the night.

Then a shisha pipe slides slowly to the edge of a table before being hurled to the ground.

A spooked waiter at the bar in Moscow, Russia - identified only as Vyacheslav - told local media: "I sometimes hear a knocking on the door when nobody is around."

He added: "There are strange noises all the time and sometimes the lights go on and off for no reason."

 

The bar's owners were so worried they called in the Russian capital's version of real-life ghostbusters, Laboratoriya Nepozannogo - or the Lab of Unknown.

Spooky psychometric tests found powerful magnetic readings inside the bar, indicating a strong spectral presence, said the experts.

The scientific team concluded that the suspected poltergeist might be attracted to waiter Vyacheslav whose "low spirit" would be visible to a ghost.

One officer said: "It seems more likely there was a break in and that for some technical reason the perpetrators were not recorded."

 

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Couple claim they've filmed the ghost of a hooded monk (video)

A ghost-hunting couple claim to have captured the image of a 'hooded monk' in a church with a satanic past.

Paranormal investigator Dean Johnson 48, visited the abandoned church with partner Charlie last Wednesday after reading about it on specialist websites.

Dean, a part-time driver for Waitrose , said: "We had been standing on the public road outside the church for 10 minutes and my partner Charlie was testing the camera on his phone.

"We hadn't even had a chance to set up our three cameras with their tripods.

"When Charlie looked back at his camera footage there appeared to be a black hooded monk walking across the archway."

The paranormal enthusiast, who lives in Daventry, said: "We rushed back to the church but there was no-one there. The tower was locked so whatever it was was heading to a dead end.

"It's still unexplained but I'm going back to get more evidence.

"I'm not sure if I believe in ghosts but I certainly believe in the multiverse where people can cross over into our time from different dimensions.

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