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Story Tips: Predicting fire risk, solid state stability check and images in a flash

July 6, 2020 sarah Jonas Africa, Bioimaging, Climate Science, Lithium-ion batteries, microbes, Microscopy, plants, solid state batteries, Wildfires

ORNL Story Tips: Predicting fire risk, solid state stability check and images in a flash

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Harmful Microbes Found on Sewer Pipe Walls

July 6, 2020 sarah Jonas Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Bacteria, BAYS, Bioterrorism, Bleach, Cement, Cleaning, Concrete, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disease, Disinfection, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Germs, Health, Materials, microbes, New Jersey, NJ, Outbreak, Pathogens, Plastic, Public Health, PVC, Rivers, Rutgers, Rutgers School of Engineering, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, SARS-CoV-2, Sewage, Sewers, Solids, Streams, toilets, Virus, Wastewater, wastewater treatment, wastewater treatment plants, Waterways, Workers

Can antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape from sewers into waterways and cause a disease outbreak? A new Rutgers study, published in the journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, examined the microbe-laden “biofilms” that cling to sewer walls, and even built a simulated sewer to study the germs that survive within.

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Science Snapshots July 2020

July 1, 2020 sarah Jonas Bioenergy, ferroelectric material, microbes

Berkeley Lab Science Snapshots July 2020

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Carbon Cycling in Wet Soils

June 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Carbon, Carbon Storage, Climate Change, Hydrology, microbes, soil, Soil Science, water

Testing microbial activity in soil columns helps researchers understand how carbon is stored in soils that are periodically waterlogged.

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Exploring Nature’s Treasure Trove of Helpful Compounds

June 24, 2020 sarah Jonas antibiotic resisistance, Antibiotics, Bacteria, microbes, Natural Products, Neuroscience, NIH

Compounds that plants, fungi, bacteria, and animals produce can sometimes help people as well. In fact, many medicines, molecules used in research, and other useful compounds originated in nature. Learn more about recent discoveries in the fascinating field of natural products research.

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Crop residue decisions affect soil life

June 17, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Carbon, Crop Science, Farming, microbes, Microbiology, soil

New findings share how prescribed fire and no-till management impact soil microbes

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How are soil microbes affected by fertilizer in soils?

May 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Ecology, Ecosystem, Farming, Fertilizer, microbes, Microbiology, soil, soil health

Nutrients are responsible for more than just plant growth.

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Lawrence Livermore, NASA researchers find space station’s surface microbial profile resembles crew member’s skin

April 30, 2020 sarah Jonas astronaut health, microbes, Space Flight

A study conducted by a team of national lab and NASA researchers has found that the environment of the International Space Station (ISS) is affected by the microbial composition of the astronauts themselves.

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Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss Environmental Protection During COVID-19 Crisis

April 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Antibiotics, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Coastal, combined sewer overflows, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Protection, EPIDEMIOLOGY, Estuaries, Feces, Health, Home, microbes, New Jersey, NJ, Ocean, Oceans, Pandemic, Pharmaceuticals, Rivers, Rutgers, Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers School of Engineering, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswck, soap, Urban, Urine, Wastewater, Wastewater Treatment Plant, water, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Waterways

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Finding answers in the ocean

March 25, 2020 sarah Jonas biomedical applications, corona virus testing, microbes, Ocean, Pandemics

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After Turning Microorganisms Into Art, Student Helps NASA Study Origins of Life Through Algae (Video)

March 12, 2020March 13, 2020 sarah Jonas Ancient Earth, art, Evolution, Extraterrestrial Life, Hot Springs, microbes, Microorganisms, Microscopy, NASA, New Jersey, red algae, Rutgers University, stem, women in science

Rutgers student Julia Van Etten, whose @Couch_Microscopy Instagram page garnered more than 25,000 followers by showcasing microorganisms as art, is now working with NASA on research into how red algae can help explain the origins of life on Earth.

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Microbes play important role in soil’s nitrogen cycle

March 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Bacteria, Biology, Ecosystem, Environment, microbes, Microbiology, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Research, soil

But different microbes have distinct roles to play, and environmental factors influence activity.

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