News tagged with airborne bacteria
New study reveals bacteria from dog feces in outdoor air of urbanized air
Bacteria from fecal material -- in particular, dog fecal material -- may constitute the dominant source of airborne bacteria in Cleveland's and Detroit's wintertime air, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study.
Aug 18, 2011 |
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The role of bacteria in weather events
Researchers have discovered a high concentration of bacteria in the center of hailstones, suggesting that airborne microorganisms may be responsible for that and other weather events. They report their findings today at ...
May 24, 2011 |
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Immune system quirk could lead to effective tularemia vaccine
Immunologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the have found a unique quirk in the way the immune system fends off bacteria called Francisella tularensis, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Fighting TB might be a matter of 'flipping a switch' in immune response
Scientists are focusing on a new concept in fighting airborne pathogens by manipulating what is called the "switching time," the point at which a highly regulated immune response gives way to powerful cells that specialize ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Miniature sensors may advance climate studies
(Phys.org) -- An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples to improve computer climate models.
Apr 10, 2012 |
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With you in the room, bacteria counts spike
A person's mere presence in a room can add 37 million bacteria to the air every hour -- material largely left behind by previous occupants and stirred up from the floor -- according to new research by Yale University engineers.
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Scientists fight back in 'mutant flu' research row
Leading virologists on Wednesday warned of censorship after a US bioterror watchdog asked scientific journals to withhold details of lab work that created a mutant strain of killer flu.
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Fleming's fungus still surprising scientists
(PhysOrg.com) -- From the moment that a spore of fungus fell onto Alexander Fleming's culture plate in 1928 and killed the bacteria around it, that fungus was destined to become one of the most studied organisms ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Scientists man bioterror front lines post-9/11
(AP) -- Just hours after the first death in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Tom Slezak was told to gather his team, collect his gear and get on a plane.
Aug 26, 2011 |
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Look, up in the sky - it's Aeroecology
There are ecologists who study land, and ecologists who study the ocean -- but who looks up and studies the air that circles the entire planet? Until recently, not many.
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Life on the wind: Study reveals how microbes travel the Earth
Scientists from the UK and Switzerland have investigated the remarkable distance that microorganisms may be able to blow between continents, raising questions about their potential to colonise new lands and also potentially ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Researchers warn of tularemia in area feral hogs
(PhysOrg.com) -- After finding evidence in feral hogs of the bacteria that causes tularemia, researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University are warning hunters and ranchers ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 25, 2011 |
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TiO2 nanoparticles-containing materials in our cities: Impacts are difficult to predict
Materials with de-polluting and de-soiling properties are used in, for example, pavement blocks. These materials contain titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs). Could these TiO2 NPs be released into the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 25, 2010 |
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Common strain of bacteria found in patients with cystic fibrosis in Canada
A common transmissible strain of the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been identified among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in Canada, suggesting that cross-infection has occurred widely between CF centers in the United ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 16, 2010 |
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