Cellular telephones to expand knowledge of health behaviors and microorganisms in adolescent males
INDIANAPOLIS A $4.15 million, four-year National Institutes of Health grant will enable researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine to conduct the first health study of teenage boys using cellular telephones. The researchers, led by Dennis Fortenberry, M.D., M.S., professor of ped...New UVC Kit Destroys Microorganisms Including flu Viruses, Bacteria and Mold
Delivers germicidal UVC to fan coils, unit ventilators and indoor air handlers BURBANK, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A new UVC Kit for Air Handlers from Steril-Aire, Inc. may be used in a wide range of HVAC applications to destroy microorganisms including flu viruses, bacteria and ...Nature's helpers: Using microorganisms to remove TCE from water
In 2002, Bruce Rittmann, PhD, director of the Biodesign Institutes Center for Environmental Biotechnology, received a patent for an innovative way to use nature to lend society a hand. He invented a treatment system, called the membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR), which uses naturally occurring micro...Kefir, a Probiotic-Rich Drink, May Benefit Specific Groups of Children
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Kansas State University once again is host to a noted microbiology workshop that helps the scientists who test food and other samples for microorganisms. K-State's 29th annual Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology workshop will be June 19-26. The workshop, now in its 29th year, has serve...Scientists work to plug microorganisms into the energy grid
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When a group of University of Oklahoma researchers began studying the environmental fate of spilt petroleum, a problem that has plagued the energy industry for decades, they did not expect to eventually isolate a community of microorganisms capable of converting hydrocarbons into natural gas. ...Can microorganisms be a solution to the world's energy problems?
Microorganisms once reigned supreme on the Earth, thriving by filling every nook and cranny of the environment billions of years before humans first arrived on the scene. Now, this ability of microorganisms to grow from an almost infinite variety of food sources may play a significant role in bai...Database shows effects of acid rain on microorganisms in Adirondack Lakes
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