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November 16 - November 30, 2006 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Thu., 11/16 Microbes on a Plane: When microbes start growing in the fuel tanks of passenger jets, they can wreak havoc on fuel gauge readings.
Fri., 11/17 Biowillie: Biodiesel is a renewable source of fuel that is being strongly promoted by country musician Willie Nelson.
Mon., 11/20 Nuclear Microbes: Scientists are using bacteria to help decontaminate nuclear waste.
Tue., 11/21 Corn Oil and Biodiesel Fuel: Researchers are working on technology that will allow them to extract oil from dried corn grain.
Wed., 11/22 Microbe Powered Mini Fuel Cells: The search for a power source for spy drones the size of an insect is leading scientists to energy-producing microbes.
Thu., 11/23 Cellulosic Ethanol: Corn is great for making ethanol, but growing corn takes a lot of land and fertilizer. Now, researchers want to make the same product from switchgrass and corn stalks.
Fri., 11/24 Termites Produce Alternative Fuel: Scientists are looking at gut bacteria that enable termites to digest wood and release hydrogen as a potential energy source.
Mon., 11/27 Surviving on Mars: New findings add legitimacy to the belief that life may once have existed on the Red Planet.
Tue., 11/28 Biodiesel Nanotech: Tiny, enzyme coated particles may be the key to a cleaner, safer way to make biodiesel.
Wed., 11/29 Powerful Magnetic Bacteria: A 16-year old student’s science fair project with magnetic bacteria and electricity brings him national acclaim.
Thu., 11/30 Poetry of TB: A professor in Puerto Rico is using the work of 19th and 20th century poets who were afflicted with tuberculosis to give her microbiology students a deeper appreciation for the scope and significance of the disease.
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