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Student Digs Into Couch Cushions For Asthma Triggers

Derek Markham — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:35:42 +0000

A student research project funded by the EPA is looking in the most unlikely places for triggers to diseases like asthma: furniture cushions.

Jon McKinney, a junior at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is helping to develop the science of building forensics by identifying the chemical fingerprints of foam components present in common furniture items.

Scientists Develop Oil Spill and Pollution Spotting Bacteria

Andrew Williams — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:10:10 +0000

A team of researchers have developed a color-coded bacteria that will make it much easier to detect oil-spills and other forms of environmental pollution.

During a recent sea expedition the team successfully used the bacteria, which contains a protein that glows blue when viewed though a simple light-detecting device, to detect oil.