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Ancient olfaction protein is shared by many bugs, offering new pest control target

In the battle against insect pests, new research indicates that it may all come down to the sense of smell. A group of Rockefeller University scientists who had previously identified a key gene essential for the sense of smell in fruit flies now shows that this gene's function appears to be evolutionarily conserved across very different insect species. Research by Leslie Vosshall's laborat...

Gene sequencing explains bioremediation 'bug'

A team led by Johns Hopkins scientists hasfound the first clear evidence that the process behind the human immunesystem's remarkable ability to recognize and respond to a milliondifferent proteins might have originated from a family of genes whoseonly apparent function is to jump around in genetic material. essentially cut...

New Drugs For Bad Bugs: UF Approach Could Bolster Antibiotic Arsenal

Call it a chemical crystal ball. A new approach to predict whether a drug in development is likely to work and which dose is best could get antibiotics to market faster and more cheaply, say University of Florida researchers. In recent years, scientists worldwide have sounded the alarm: There simply aren’t enough drugs to combat bad bugs. Bacteria are increasingly adept at outwitting the t...

Bugs, even 'bad' ones, can be educationally beneficial, new book says

We have much to learn from bad bugs, according to Gilbert Waldbauer, whose book "Insights From Insects: What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us" was published March 1 (Prometheus Books). "We know a lot about pests, because so much money is spent on their research," said Waldbauer, professor emeritus of entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Of the 900,000 known species of insect...

Scientists find viruses can't stick to sea bugs in the dark

Blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, in the seas are as vital to the survival of life on earth as the oxygen producing plants are on land. But marine bacteria are attacked by viruses, which can seriously affect their life-sustaining abilities but mow a researcher at the University of Warwick has discovered that these viruses don't work in the dark, according to research presented today (Monday, 04...

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Hum Bug Noise Eliminator from AutoMate Scientific, Inc

Description:Eliminate electrical interference from any analog signal, without filtering. Ideal for electrophysiology applications like EKG, EMG, and EEGs. Removes 50/60hz noise and harmonics caused by grounding problems, high gain amps, audio equipment, etc....
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Got bugs? New project lets real computer users gang up on software bugs

Ben Liblit offers a bold prediction regarding all of the complicated software programs churning away in your computer: They have bugs. All of them. Guaranteed. "Software bugs are part of the mathematical fabric of the universe," says Liblit, a University of Wisconsin-Madison computer scientist. "It is impossible with a capital 'I' to detect or anticipate all bugs." <div...

Windows image bug patched, but more found

Microsoft has patched the Windows vulnerability that could allow malicious programs to be installed when users viewed pictures on their computers. But security experts say the same part of Windows has even more problems than previously thought, opening up more holes. Giving in to pressure from users and security experts, some of whom were installing an unofficial fix not condoned by the...

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New hope for cancer victims – will vaccine cure the deadly bug

One very deadly form of cancer is pancreatic cancer, though it isn’t very common. Globally it kills lakhs of people every year. And now there is some hope for the unfortunate victims. A new vaccine has been successfully tested on the pancreatic cancer victims and it has increased the survival rates in many. Vaccines are typically thought of as a way of preventing disease. In cancer, howe...

Ulcer causing bug found in stored food

Researchers at the University of Chicago, reported that a bacterium that can cause gastric ulcers and increase the risk of gastric cancer was present in as much as 50% of chicken purchased in a local grocery store. According to them, uncooked food leads to many stomach problems// due to contamination. The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is believed to be transmitted orally by ingesting f...

Machines take over the battle against hospital bugs

Hospital acquired infection is one of the most common reason which results in fatal complications among hospital patients. One of the most common and potentially dangerous bug which causes this type of infection is the bacterium// called acinetobacter. This bacterium is found naturally in the environment and survives drying and thrives in dust and on inanimate surfaces for long periods....

Bowel diseases linked to bug in milk

Changes to the way milk and water are prepared for human consumption may be needed to fight "a public health tragedy" linked to a bug causing illness in hundreds of thousands of people, it was claimed last night. Researchers believe they have found the strongest association yet between a disease commonly found in livestock and Crohn's disease,// a condition of the digestive tract suffere...

Use of antibiotics in farms may increase ‘super bugs

A new research has pointed out the increasing problem of super bugs to the extensive// use of antibiotics in the agricultural farmlands. Super bugs are a new kind of microorganisms, mainly bacteria by nature, which may not be affected by a wide range of antibiotics. The researchers of Fogarty International Center and others who together had published the research report blam...

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Bugbox

Description:The world's smallest anaerobic workstation shares the innovative features of the larger Ruskinn Concept systems.Bugbox is the perfect way to improve isolation rates and is an easy to justify alternative to anaerobic jars. Bugbox is perfect as a 'personal workstation....
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Bugbox-M

Description:The Bugbox-M incorporates all the familiar and proven features of the Bugbox, but is tailored to interface with the Ruskinn gas mixing system.The gas mixing module provides accurate control over oxygen (0.1% - 20% in 0.1% increments), carbon dioxide (0% - 12% in 1% increments) and hydrogen (0% - 10% in 1% increments) components of the mix, with integral oxygen sensor and calibration port....
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Nationwide MRSA Prevalence Study to Demonstrate Full Scope of 'Superbug' Threat Facing U.S. Healthcare Facilities and Patients

Broadest, Most Comprehensive Survey Provides New Benchmark on MRSAin Healthcare Facilities WASHINGTON, June 21, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thefollowing was released today by APIC: WHAT: -- First nationwide study of the prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a virulent multi-drug resistant organism, in U.S. healthcare facilit...

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