News tagged with airborne pathogens
Fighting TB might be a matter of 'flipping a switch' in immune response
Jun 22, 2009 |
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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 ...
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PANTHER sensor quickly detects pathogens
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have developed a powerful sensor that can detect airborne pathogens such as anthrax and smallpox in less than three minutes.
Small, self-controlled planes combine plant pathology and engineering
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A Virginia Tech plant pathologist has developed autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to detect airborne pathogens above agricultural fields.
Spit, anyone?
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Mark Nicas has given some of his best years to spittle. He builds models - the mathematical kind - of how someone else's slobber ends up on you. The size of the particles, whether they come out in a dry co ...
Answering that age-old lament: Where does all this dust come from?
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Where does it come from? Scientists in Arizona are reporting a surprising answer to that question, which has puzzled and perplexed generations of men and women confronted with layers of dust on furniture and ...
Study finds the air rich with bacteria
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2006 |
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Want biodiversity? Look no further than the air around you. It could be teeming with more than 1,800 types of bacteria, according to a first-of-its-kind census of airborne microbes recently conducted by scientists ...
Exposure to several common infections over time may be associated with risk of stroke
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Cumulative exposure to five common infection-causing pathogens may be associated with an increased risk of stroke, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the January 2010 print issue of Archives of ...
Interstitial macrophages: immune cells that prevent asthma
Nov 10, 2009 |
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The continual presence in the air of the microbe-derived molecule LPS promotes asthma in some individuals. What prevents inhalation of LPS from promoting asthma in most individuals is not well understood. However, researchers ...
Researchers identify mechanism that helps bacteria avoid destruction in cells
Oct 10, 2009 |
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Infectious diseases currently cause about one-third of all human deaths worldwide, more than all forms of cancer combined. Advances in cell biology and microbial genetics have greatly enhanced understanding of the cause and ...
Controversial new climate change results
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New data show that the balance between the airborne and the absorbed fraction of CO2 has stayed approximately constant since 1850, despite emissions of CO2 having risen from about 2 billion ...
Link found between influenza, absolute humidity
Feb 09, 2009 |
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A new study by Oregon researchers has found a significant correlation between "absolute" humidity and influenza virus survival and transmission. When absolute humidity is low - as in peak flu months of January and February ...
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