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Spit, anyone?

Spit, anyone?

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...





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Large-scale sequencing: The future of genomic sciences?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists can gain insights into new ways to use microorganisms in medicine and manufacturing through a coordinated large-scale effort to sequence the genomes of not just individual microorganisms but entire ecosystems, ...


Researchers fly a kite for manure recycling

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers at North Wyke Research, and Lancaster and Exeter universities, have come up with an advice system to help farmers recycle manure safely and avoid polluting watercourses.


Scientists seek to assess the microbial risks in the water we drink

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 11, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

It is a familiar scenario experienced around the world: an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness suddenly emerges in a community, and no one knows where it came from or how to stop it. At the start of the outbreak, only a ...


Researchers fly a kite for manure recycling

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 28, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Researchers at North Wyke Research, and Lancaster and Exeter universities, have come up with an advice system to help farmers recycle manure safely and avoid polluting watercourses.


Where man boldly goes, bacteria follow -- Are we contaminating space?

Biology /

created May 29, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 3

Life in outer space is an absolute certainty, and it is likely to be more familiar than we might think, according to an article in the May issue of Microbiology Today. Ever since the start of the space race we have sent m ...


Microbial menagerie: Junk food binge alters community of microbes in the gut in less than a day

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar alters the collection of microbes living in the gut in less than a day, with obesity-linked microbes suddenly thriving, according to ...


Can periodontal disease act as a risk factor for HIV-1?

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Today, during the 87th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, convening at the Miami Beach Convention Center, a group of scientists from Nihon University (Tokyo, Japan) will present findings ...


The balance shifts

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 27, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The risk of contracting a Clostridium difficile infection following operations for which a "prophylactic" antibiotic is given to prevent infection is 21 times greater now than it was just a decade ago, according to researchers ...


Twin study defines shared features of human gut microbial communities: Variations linked to obesity

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Trillions of microbes make their home in the gut, where they help to break down and extract energy and nutrients from the food we eat. Yet, scientists have understood little about how this distinctive mix of microbes varies ...


USC School of Dentistry researchers uncover link between osteoporosis drugs and jaw infection

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 30, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A group of University of Southern California School of Dentistry researchers says it has identified the slimy culprits killing the jawbones of some people taking drugs that treat osteoporosis.



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