DEET brain effects in animals warrant caution
...eract with DEET to cause toxic side effects. Don't spray your yard for bugs and then take medications. Until we have more data on potential interactions in humans, safe is better than sorry."...Bug vs. bug: scientists use microorganisms to target destructive termites
...ective, the germs could be turned into a powder or spray that could be directed at known termite infestations or possible hideouts. The microorganisms do not appear to be harmful to humans or plants, the researcher said. This is not the first attempt to develop biological control agents for termites. Ot...Small grain breeding program benefits producers, consumers, agribusiness
...ironment, but also because the cost of a fungicide spray can make the difference between a net gain or loss on a crop. "We need to keep working to produce varieties that are as high producing as possible with very few inputs of fungicides and insecticides," he says. An additional problem results from the n...Hurricane floods pose risk to environment, health, new research on 1999 storm reveals
... concern when contamination from fecal waste pits, spray fields and animal confinement structures reaches nearby communities, researchers said. No good data on the extent of any adverse health effects exist, however. A report on the research will appear in the April issue of Environmental Health Perspe...Office of Naval Research awards $8.4M to young investigators
...imary atomization and the characteristics of dense spray for the combustion of high-energy fuels. The rese...o the long sought-after understanding of the dense spray core and to better models to be used in engine design. Dr. Sudipta Seal, Mechanical, Materials and A...New research may lead to more effective treatment of asthmatic attacks
...t breaks up into monodisperse droplets. The device spray section in the experiment used a nozzle-ring confi...e necessary electric field. The ring "focuses" the spray to prevent immediate heavy loss of the charged aerosol. The corona discharge is generated from a gro...Bacteria's natural foe fights drug-resistant infections
...trategy for attacking bacterial invaders. "A nasal spray containing this enzyme would prevent infections be...an clinical trials testing the ability of a throat spray containing this enzyme to prevent strep throat are in the planning stages. (see news release at ht...Positive attitude is best prevention against heart disease
...sents with chest pain, and a nitroglycerin pill or spray under the tongue relieves the pain within a few minutes, the likely diagnosis is coronary artery disease (CAD). Now a Johns Hopkins study is challenging that belief. Of 459 patients who came to the emergency department at Hopkins' Bayview Medical...Wind-borne pollutants may travel thousands of miles
... long distances. "Scientists assumed that when you spray DDT on crops, the insecticides stay in the soil. They might be washed into rivers when it rains and be transported down rivers to coastal areas," Wade says. "To our surprise, we discovered that the pesticide can volatilize into the gaseous state and ...Forestalling pesticide, antibiotic resistance possible, theory predicts
...simplest method," Pittendrigh says. "Farmers could spray with the original pesticide for five years, and then in the sixth year everybody would have to use both pesticides. But if somebody tried to cut corners and didn't use both compounds, the method wouldn't work. That's why my bias is to use two compoun...Synthetic antifreeze could prevent ice growth
...ntial uses for synthetic AFGPs: a frost protection spray for crops that could expand growing seasons and even allow fruits to grow in more northern climates. He also believes elimination of freezer burn is possible, along with the preservation of human organs and tissues for transplantation. In essence, Be...Plants vs. disease: 'Trench warfare at the molecular level'
...ause them to curl. Growers had been instructed to spray a copper-based pesticide to ward off bacterial speck. But, over the years, the disease became resistant to the copper, rendering the pesticide virtually useless. The disease is now controlled by naturally-occurring resistance genes that are bred in...Beyond global warming: Where on Earth are we going?!
...omine instead of chlorine in the chemicals used in spray cans and as solvents and refrigerants, we would have had a catastrophic ozone hole everywhere and at all seasons by the mid 1970s. The impact on the chemistry of the atmosphere would have been profound, and the consequences for life on the surface of...ASM journals tipsheet: May 2001
... BACTERIAL NASAL SPRAY COULD PREVENT FLU A nasal spray containing bacteria from fermented milk may be a new preventive treatment for the flu. Researchers from Japan report promising results of this new therapy in mouse models in the May 2001 issue of the journal Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immun...Hormone the trigger for fat metabolism; scientists closer to tests in humans
...correct, someday a pill, a patch or a simple nasal spray could be used to trigger fat cells to release their stored energy resulting in weight loss. "We treated a new strain of mice with the hormone MSH and our findings confirm its role in the control of fat levels in the body. The effect of this hormo...Cats comforted by synthetic chemical, research suggests
... "It's a lot easier for an owner to spray a pheromone around the home than it is to stick a pill down a cat's throat," Buffington said. Abbott Laboratories provided support for this study.......nd they sometimes don't stay in place. But you can spray on the gel during keyhole surgery, and it will sta...s of both polymers into a fine mist which surgeons spray onto wounds. The liquids solidify into a gel within 2 seconds of contact with the wound. "It's...New technique will improve delivery of drugs and gene therapy for cystic fibrosis patients
...s containing fine particles, they could direct the spray to different areas of the lungs. "We found that the fine particles allowed us greater manipulation in terms of targeting within the lung compartment, compared to the more coarse particles," says Laube. "When CF patients inhaled the fine particles at...Oral exposure to anti-oxidant glutathione could help prevent flu infections
...sted that glutathione concentrated in a lozenge or spray might be the most effective way to use the compound as a flu preventive. Glutathione, which occurs naturally in a variety of foods, has been shown in research studies to reduce cellular damage by reactive oxygen from a variety of cancer causing agen......lia (New Scientist, 15 January, p 16), uses a clay spray to lock up phosphorus in clay particles where algae cannot feed on it....