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Biofuels in Puerto Rico (MWV30)
Puerto Rico is widely known as the "La Isla del Encanto," which translated means "The Island of Enchantment." And while its beaches, tropical rain forest, and biolumescent bays are wonders of nature, the island...
Ocean mercury on the increase
Mercury is being found in increasing quantities in the oceans recent studies suggest. Mercury is a neurotoxin with many side effects. Its toxicity was first documented in Japan and labelled...
created by Barbara McPherson | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago
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416 views | 46 recommendations | 7 comments
Antibiotics: Is a Strong Offense the Best Defense? (Part 2 of 3) MWV22
On September 18, 2008 at the Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C., Dr. Stuart Levy, professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine and Dr. Linda Tollefson, Assistant...10 Ways Genetically Engineered Microbes Could Help Humanity
"After giving us lifetimes of plagues, colds, and athlete’s foot, microbes are being recruited and transformed to fight disease—and help us in other ways, too. The technology emerging from the Human Genome...MicrobeWorld Video Episode 9 - Save the Oysters (Part 1)
Do you like oysters? Then join MicrobeWorld for a tour of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory just outside of Cambridge, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay. In this video,...MicrobeWorld Video Episode 4 - AMNH Part III
Part 3 of a video podcast from the American Museum of Natural History’s 2007 Mack Lipkin Man and Nature Series entitled Save the Microbes, Save the World: The Fate of Microbial Life on a Changing Planet. The...MicrobeWorld Video Episode 3 - AMNH Part II
Part 2 of a video podcast from the American Museum of Natural History’s 2007 Mack Lipkin Man and Nature Series entitled Save the Microbes, Save the World: The Fate of Microbial Life on a Changing Planet. The...MicrobeWorld Video Episode 2 - AMNH Part I
Part 1 of a video podcast from the American Museum of Natural Historys 2007 Mack Lipkin Man and Nature Series entitled Save the Microbes, Save the World: The Fate of Microbial Life on a Changing Planet. The panel...Return to Zambia - HIV & Tuberculosis Detection and Prevention in Sub-Saharan...
The American Society for Microbiology is helping African nations foster a scientific community that is better able to address the current and future problems that threaten not only the local population, but the...Canary in a Coal Mine MWV16
Coral reefs are dying a death of a thousand cuts and their disappearance threatens not only the incredibly diverse ecosystem that depends on them, but also human health and welfare.In this episode of MicrobeWorld...Alligator Blood vs E.Coli
Alligaotrs live in some pretty unhygenic areas: swamps, bogs, marshes... so their blood contains some serious antimicrobial properties. Scientists are using 'gator blood to fight human pathongens, including the...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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960 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Washing Veggies May Not Get Rid of Bacteria
Everything we eat is prone to becoming infected with harmful bacteria but, like many people, I've always felt that a good warm water washing of the fruit and veg was enough to rinse away the e.coli in my lettuce....
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
858 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
858 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
HIV/AIDS Education in America (MWV14)
In this episode of MicrobeWorld Video we ask some leading scientists, education specialists, and public health officials about the state of HIV/AIDS education in America and ideas they have to support the teaching...Microbe Lab
MicrobeWorld visits the Marian Koshland Science Museum for “Microbe Lab,” a free day of activities for the general public. In this episode we interview Erika Shugart, deputy director of the Koshland Museum,...Oil-eating bugs may unlock clean energy from crude
If this works, these bugs are going to be unlocking oil like Barry Bonds unlocks home run records."A tiny oil-eating bug that lives deep underground may allow the world's oil industry to unlock energy trapped in trillions of barrels of heavy crude, which is costly and dirty...
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