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September 1- September 15, 2006 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Fri., 9/1 Rumen Has It….Cows are Electric: Researchers are making energy by combining microbes from a cow’s stomach and plant waste in a microbial fuel cell.
Mon., 9/4 Microbe Electric: Scientists have learned to harness power produced by a simple microbial fuel cell run off sewage and marine muck.
Tue., 9/5 Microbe Fuel Cell Design: Microbes may be great at producing power from many sources, but making them efficient can be a real challenge.
Wed., 9/6 Electric Marine Sediment Microbes: Ocean buoys can now be powered by microbial fuel cells positioned in marine sediment.
Thu., 9/7 Carbon Dioxide and Soil Microbes: Researchers are working to understand the role of soil microbes in global warming.
Fri., 9/8 Categorizing Marine Viruses: Viruses do more than make us sick, they also play a big role in shaping marine communities.
Mon., 9/11 Silver-Spotted Skipper: Farmers who are suffering huge losses to their soybean crops are putting their hopes in bacteria that may keep pests in check.
Tue., 9/12 Pushing Life to the Limits: If microbes here on Earth can survive extreme conditions, scientists argue they might also survive on Mars.
Wed., 9/13 Bacterial Space Travel: Evidence from debris of the space shuttle Columbia suggests that bacteria was able to survive a trip to space and back.
Thu., 9/14 Katrina and the Microbes: In addition to the wind and flood damage, New Orleans public health officials were worried about contaminated water.
Fri., 9/15 Viruses and Lil’ Tummies: Viruses begin colonizing in babies’ guts as soon as they are born.
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