Researchers create nanotubes that change colors, form 'nanocarpet' and kill bacteria
...terest in developing materials that both sense and decontaminate chemical or biological weapons," said senior author Alan J. Russell, Ph.D., professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of the university's McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The research, funded by...Viruses may be environmentally friendly decontaminants
...which are environmentally friendly, can be used to decontaminate a range of environments with little or no toxicity to fauna and flora and are cost effective." In the study the researchers investigated the feasibility of using lytic bacteriophage, viruses that specifically target and kill bacteria, to reduce the...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...ve developed a simple and cost-efficient system to decontaminate polluted water using nothing more than sunlight. Their findings appear in the February 2004 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Contaminated water is responsible for billions of cases of gastrointestinal illnesses every y...Brookhaven Lab develops 'ThraxVac' to clean up anthrax
...stries. Alpha particles in ThraxVac can be used to decontaminate not only large surfaces, but also intricate machinery and moving parts, without impairment of function. Potential users include municipality response teams, major corporations, the military, and the postal service. ThraxVac has several advantages ove...Coal-eating bacteria may improve methane recovery
...thane, a clean natural gas, from coal beds, and to decontaminate water produced during the methane-recovery process. Methane gas, which burns without releasing sulfur contaminants, is becoming increasingly important as a natural gas fuel in the U.S. But the process of recovering methane, which is often trapped wit...Fe-TAML(R) activators developed at Carnegie Mellon decontaminate anthrax simulant
...ator used with hydrogen peroxide can substantially decontaminate a cultured, benign simulant of anthrax, they said. This anthrax simulant is commonly used in the laboratory testing of agents designed to eliminate its more deadly cousin, which is considered a significant biological warfare and terrorist threat. The...Detoxifying sediments with electrons and UV light
...lectron beams--the same technology already used to decontaminate mail--scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland will report in the Sept. 1 issue of Environmental Science & Technology. In an additional series of laboratory experiments, the team found t...Native American artifacts pose pesticide exposure risk
...." There is currently no straightforward method to decontaminate the objects without damaging them, so until more study is done, Palmer suggests that the artifacts not be worn. Museums have long used chemicals to protect valuable objects from rodents, insects and microorganisms. The earliest agents were various fo...Vaporized hydrogen peroxide may be best method of anthrax decontamination
...strated the ability of the high capacity system to decontaminate a 1.4 million cubic foot government facility that had been contaminated with anthrax spores. The building was subdivided into approximately 250,000 cubic foot zones, and each zone was decontaminated over a period of four to twelve hours. No significa...Ultrasound shown to be potentially safe, effective way to kill bacteria
...otentially safe, effective, non-radioactive way to decontaminate mail, including packages, since ultrasound waves potentially can penetrate cardboard and other wrappings just as they do layers of skin and tissue when used to image internal organs in the human body. They add that the technology could potentially ...UMass study uses microbes to turn mud into electricity
...also prompt the development of new technologies to decontaminate polluted water and sediment containing organic materials, including petroleum and other aromatic hydrocarbons, he says. In the Science article, Lovley explains how the team used water and sediment from Boston Harbor, a collection of mason jars, or...Sandia-developed formulation among products selected to help rid U.S. facilities of anthrax
...on, D.C.They also are preparing to use the foam to decontaminate mailrooms on Capitol Hill contaminated with anthrax. Two Sandia researchers are on site in Washington as technical advisors. Sandia licensed rights to commercialize the chem-bio formulation (often referred to as a Sandia licensed rights to commercia...Univ. of Fla. professor: Air cleaning system destroys Anthrax, other pathogens
...uld be installed in central ventilation systems to decontaminate buildings or homes or used in specific locations where contamination is feared. Given the incidents of anthrax contamination within the U.S. Postal Service, one application would be to install it in mail sorting or collection areas, he said. This is ......onstituents is key to developing our capability to decontaminate soils. One ofthe main goals of our research is to see whether strongly bound pollutants canstill be broken down in the soil or whether they are inaccessible tomicroorganisms," he adds. The research was supported in part by a grant from the U.......m Know when to wash your hands And decontaminate There's no need to gamble When you're eatin' at the table Or you'll be sick in the bathroom When the evening's late Other songs about microbiological food safety are "You'd Better WashYour Hands" base...