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December 1st - 15th, 2005 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Thurs., 12/1 Golden Staph: Staph aureus’ golden color helps protect the bacteria from the human immune system.
Fri., 12/2 Removing Mercury in Museums: Native American artifacts that were preserved with mercury years ago may get an application of bacteria to remove it.Mon., 12/5 Human Viruses in the Ocean: Human viruses are finding their way into the coastal waters of Hawaii, but ocean dwelling bacteria are keeping them in check.
Tues., 12/6 Sleuthing Salmonella: How scientists are using microbial forensics to solve and prevent food poisoning.
Wed., 12/7 Bacteria Detector: Using something similar to a bar code, scientists have developed a quick test to check food for listeria.
Thurs., 12/8 Cell Suicide: Infected plants kill off their own cells to starve harmful microbes and prevent the spread of disease.
Fri., 12/9 Bactofection: Gene therapists are developing time-release bacteria that can deliver vaccines.
Mon., 12/12 Electrifying Geobacter Nanowires: Geobacter bacteria grow hair-like appendages that may be harvested and used in small electronic devices.
Tue., 12/13 Endosymbiosis: Life as we know it began when two bacteria formed the first complex community.
Wed., 12/14 Indian Mustard for Selenium Removal: Special bacteria in the root systems of plants help reduce toxic levels of selenium found in soil.
Thurs., 12/15 Ocean Turquoise: The E. hux bacteria that drifts in the open sea can reflect sunlight and turn the color of the ocean surface into a brilliant cobolt blue.
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