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Plastic-Devouring Bacteria Could Keep Soda Bottles Out of Landfills
Most bacteria are our friends and here is another example of it. I can't remember the reference, but I remember reading about a student who worked on this problem as a science fair project. His high...
created by Barbara McPherson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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After shock resignation, three names in Lib Dem leadership battle
In a shock resignation, the leader of the Liberal Democrat party in Scotland, Nicol Stephen, resigned last night. He said he was doing so to "spend more time with his family." Stephen was just elected leader of...Government set to defy its own experts and upgrade cannabis again
The Labour government in the UK is set to do a U-turn on its Cannabis policy today, reclassifying the drug as a 'class B' offense after it had downgraded it to 'class C' in 2004 in order to free police to deal with more serious drug cases."The home secretary, Jacqui Smith,... Large parts of US water supply contaminated
"The United States is facing a growing threat to its water supply from bacterial contaminition, especially as antibiotic resistant strains become increasingly common" Seasonal flu starts in Asia -- study
Next time you go down with that nasty flu--hopefully not the H5N1 strain--think about the thousands of kilometers those viruses (what ever happenedto 'virii'?) have traveled to get to your system. " Viruses that originate in East and Southeast Asia migrate around the...We've got the microbes, now where's the money?
" A new survey by the World Health Organization shows that drug-resistant tuberculosis is even more widespread than had been feared -- on average, it's present in 5% of new TB cases. That's...F-15 grounding strains U.S. air defenses
My god, things are worst than you thought in the US military. You know things are bad when you're relying on the Canadian air force:"FRESNO, Calif. - The grounding of hundreds of F-15s because of dangerous structural defects is straining the nation's air defense...Australian Guantanamo inmate strains U.S. ties
By Rob TaylorCANBERRA (Reuters) - The United States may speed up the trial of Australia's only Guantanamo Bay inmate, David Hicks, following a rare split between the two allies over accusations he faced "Nazi concentration camp" conditions...........""Our position is we want...TB poses greatest threat to Europe
"Tuberculosis has come back in a new, more deadly form to pose the disease's greatest threat to Europe since World War II, world health officials said Tuesday. Drug-resistant strains of the disease are lurking just beyond the European Union's borders, in countries where AIDS...FDA approves cervical cancer vaccine
"The first vaccine against cervical cancer will be available to girls as young as 9 later this month. Its manufacturer, Merck & Co. Inc., is already taking orders for Gardasil. The three-shot series costs $360. ADVERTISEMENT The newly approved vaccine works by preventing...Woman Has Rare Case of Bubonic Plague
The Bubonic Plague, more commonly referred to as the "Black Death," ravaged Europe between the years 1347 and 1350. During this short period, 25 million people (one third of Europe's population at the time) were killed. Thousands of people died each week and...Virtual Pandemic: 90 Days to Infect Entire U.S.
Animated computer map shows the speed of the H5N1 avian flu virus spreading in the human population. 90 days to reach every corner of the United States.
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