Project Shows Native Bacteria Can Destroy Widespread Pollutant In Groundwater
...rty said. The conventional approach to groundwater decontamination is called pump-and-treat. Groundwater is pumped to the surface, where air is blown through it to strip out volatile contaminants, which are then adsorbed onto activated charcoal filters. This approach wastes water, because the treated water is seldom...Anti-Microbial Agent Kills Influenza Virus
...filed a patent application covering BCTP'suse as a decontamination agent for various anti-microbial applications. Bakeris a member of the Novavax scientific advisory board, but has no significantfinancial interest in the company....Microbial janitors tackle nuclear clean-up problems
...BNFL) are launching a yearlong test of a microbial decontamination technologyat a nuclear reactor at the Sellafield r...chnology does offer agood solution for some of the decontamination problems we just can't solveotherwise." According to Hamilton, time frames can be very long when y...Virtual reality training tool pits emergency rescue teams against computerized terrorist attack
... medical kit. Players may need to attend toinitial decontamination procedures, place masks over a patient's nose and mouth,or place sensors or other monitoring equipment near the patient. Most important,they need to learn to protect themselves. "A player who dies a quick cyber death will not likely forget the import...NIEHS urges safety workers to prepare for Y2K false alarms and malfunctions
...rage tank relief valves, operating room equipment, decontamination equipment,and process control and environmental monitoring equipment. NIEHS said any companies, municipalities and counties that have notassessed their Y2K problems or developed plans for dealing with potential healthand safety consequences s...Common spices protect bacteria during irradiation
...s -- also are known to protect microorganisms from decontamination by irradiation, as well as by heat and chemicals, says Sharma. The researchers evaluated the spices against two microorganisms during the study: Escherichia coli and Bacillus megaterium....Sandia-developed formulation among products selected to help rid U.S. facilities of anthrax
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Federal authorities are using a decontamination formulation developed at the National Nuclear Secu... into Congressional office buildings as one of the decontamination products selected to help remediate the Hart Senate Office Complex and the Dirkson and Ford Congress...New device removes drinking water contaminants
...ving perchlorate and nitrate at the same time. The decontamination process takes advantage of a community of microorganisms that lives as a biofilm on the outer surface of the membranes in the system. The microorganisms, found naturally, act as catalysts for the transfer of electrons from hydrogen gas to the oxidize...Natural-born killers enlisted to fight anthrax
...chnology shows promise as an anthrax detection and decontamination tool. "We now know that anthrax is a real threat," says Vincent A. Fischetti, Ph.D., head of the Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology at Rockefeller and principal author of the paper. "But even more of a threat are multidrug-resistant...Enzyme discovery to benefit homeland security, industry
..., could enable the development of novel sensor and decontamination systems for homeland security, environmental protection and energy generation as well as new industrial chemicals and separations. "For decades, scientists have been searching for ways to immobilize soluble enzymes with a variety of solid materials....Sandia pursues biotechnology as new technology focus area
.... Others included a bio-cavity laser, prosthetics, decontamination foam and the Rapid Syndrome Validation Project (RSVP). But no concerted effort existed to use this new technology in a big way. In 1999 John and Romig sponsored a study for the Labs Leadership Team (LLT) - top leaders at Sandia - to determine if Sand...New UNC emergency room wall chart will help health workers respond to chemical terrorism
...re route and treatment, differential diagnosis and decontamination methods. Also included are ways to avoid secondary exposures. "We also included critical notification numbers in the event of a suspected case or cases," she said. "Chemical agents listed include nerve agents, cyanides, vesicants/blister agents, pulm...Ultrasound shown to be potentially safe, effective way to kill bacteria
...tate alumnus, recruited Hoover and Ostiguy for the decontamination studies which were supported, in part, by Hoover's Hatch grants....Discovery of size changes of Bacillus spores may lead to simpler, faster anthrax detector
...er it's medical instrument sterilization, building decontamination or removing toxic mold. It's a fundamentally important observation." Price also noted that the reaction of spores to humidity could be a precursor to germination, which typically occurs in the presence of water and nutrients. By swelling, spores may ...Vaporized hydrogen peroxide may be best method of anthrax decontamination
...cilities, the company deployed a high capacity VHP decontamination system that is capable of treating areas as large as 250,000 cubic feet. McVey and his colleagues demonstrated the ability of the high capacity system to decontaminate a 1.4 million cubic foot government facility that had been contaminated with anthr...Detoxifying sediments with electrons and UV light
...electron beams and ultraviolet light are practical decontamination techniques will depend on cost-effectiveness compa...on additives and conditions that might enhance the decontamination processes. The research is funded by NIST, the university, and the Maryland Water Resources Center....Study shows prions stick around in certain soils
...sistant to a range of environmental conditions and decontamination measures, prions are abnormally folded proteins that can make an animal's brain as holey as a sponge. They've been implicated as the cause of diseases such as mad cow and scrapie in sheep. Once infected, deer and elk, for example, experience a numbe...Worlds largest scientific society to hold regional meeting in Pittsburgh
..., gp9a@andrew.cm.edu 7 p.m. - Insight into the decontamination of chemical warfare agents Tracy Thompson University of Pittsburgh 412-624-8320, tlt5@pitt.edu Wednesday, Oct. 22 10 a.m. - French wine and a longer life John Simpson Pennsylvania State University Monaca, Penn. 724-773-3875, v6r@psu.edu Chr...Viruses may be environmentally friendly decontaminants
...d spore germinants. Given the toxicity of standard decontamination regimens for B. anthracis, this approach represents an environmentally friendly, cost effective alternative," says Baillie. ......s early-warning alarms, weapons monitors or in the decontamination process after an attack. The detector could not only warn of the presence of the nerve agent, but act as a continuous monitor of its levels. Led by Associate Professor of Biochemistry Homme Hellinga, Ph.D., the researchers reported their achievement ...