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October 16 - October 31, 2006 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Mon., 10/16 Electrostatic attraction: Researchers believe that microbes communicate with each other by using electrical charges.
Tue., 10/17 From Utah to Mars: The discovery of a microbe in the Utah desert has scientists speculating about life on Mars.
Wed., 10/18 Harnessing virus power: By genetically modifying viruses, scientists are hoping to harness their energy to power up laptops, cameras, and other electronics.
Thu., 10/19 Chocolate fuel: Researchers in the U.K. have generated electricity by feeding microbes chocolate waste from their local Cadbury factory.
Fri., 10/20 Salt life on mars: Astrobiologists from NASA think it may be possible a group of salt-loving microbes called halophiles once existed on the Red Planet.
Mon., 10/23 Chicken soup for insects: Scientists have discovered that when caterpillars get ill they eat the insect equivalent of chicken noodle soup.
Tue., 10/24 Soccer and the super-bug: Locker-rooms, sweaty clothes, and shared towels all contributed to an outbreak of a dangerous skin infection among Dutch soccer players.
Wed., 10/25 Meet the plasmids: These transient pieces of DNA move from cell to cell distributing survival traits and building resistance to antibiotics.
Thu., 10/26 Fruiting bodies: A fascinating microbe has the ability to join forces with others and coordinate cellular movements to engulf its prey.
Fri., 10/27 Skin patch vaccines: Nobody likes needles, which is why these scientists in Georgia have designed a “vaccine patch.”
Mon., 10/30 Atlantis Microbe Experiment: When the Atlantis space shuttle launched into orbit, it carried a payload of microbes.
Tue., 10/31 Pneumonia Vaccines: For a pneumonia vaccine to be effective, scientists first have to find one that works against more than 90 different strains of the illness-causing microbe.
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