News tagged with anthrax bacterium

Portable device detects anthrax in under an hour

A portable device can detect the presence of the anthrax bacterium in about one hour from a sample containing as few as 40 microscopic spores, report Cornell and University of Albany researchers who invented ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dutch researchers develop anthrax sensor

Nanotechnologists at University of Twente's MESA+ research institute have developed a sensor that can detect anthrax spores. The invention is more sensitive and efficient than existing detection methods. The ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers image crucial anthrax protein

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anthrax, long feared for its potential as a biological weapon, has lost some of its mystery. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Houseplant pest gives clue to potential new anthrax treatment

Researchers at the University of Warwick have found how a citric acid-based Achilles heel used by a pathogen that attacks the popular African Violet house plant could be exploited not just to save African ...

Biology /

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0