News articles tagged with 'mould'
How the slime mould gets organised
— 15 Mar 2011 21:05 | BiologyThe so-called cellular slime mould, a unicellular organism that may transition into a multicellular organism under stress, has just been found to have a tissue structure that was previously…
Fungal threat to archived film
— 8 Sep 2010 13:34 | BiologyMicrobes could be threatening our cultural heritage by degrading historic cinematographic film and even preventing some valuable footage to be archived at all…
Research concludes vitamin D may treat or prevent allergy to common mould
— 17 Aug 2010 10:15 | HealthResearch conducted by Dr Jay Kolls, Professor and Chair of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Centre New Orleans, and colleagues, has found that vitamin D may be an effective therapeutic…
Mouldy homes a serious risk for severe asthma attacks in some
— 24 Jun 2010 10:58 | HealthExposure to high levels of fungus may increase the risk of severe asthma attacks among people with certain chitinase gene variants, according to a study from Harvard Medical School,…
Slime design mimics Tokyo's rail system
— 22 Jan 2010 13:34 | TechnologyWhat could human engineers possibly learn from the lowly slime mould? Reliable, cost-efficient network construction, apparently: a recent experiment suggests that Physarum polycephalum,…
Perfectly proportioned
— 8 Nov 2009 12:03 | TechnologyIt all happens very quickly: the feed shoe, configured as an open-bottomed box, moves across a surface in which a recess forms the shape of the desired part. The fine-grained metal…
UT Southwestern research reveals how cells tell time
— 9 Jun 2009 11:15 | HealthThe fuzzy pale mould that lines the glass tubes in Dr Yi Liu's lab doesn't look much like a clock. But this fungus has an internal, cell-based timekeeper nearly as sophisticated as…
Mites on hissing coackroach may benefit humans with allergies
— 2 May 2009 18:29 | HealthTiny mites living on the surface of Madagascar hissing cockroaches help decrease the presence of a variety of moulds on the cockroaches' bodies, potentially reducing allergic responses…
Babies born during high pollen and mould seasons have greater odds of wheezing by age 2
— 24 Feb 2009 12:08 | HealthNewborns whose first few months of life coincide with high pollen and mould seasons are at increased risk of developing early symptoms of asthma, suggests a new study led by researchers…
Yale engineers revolutionise nano-device fabrication using amorphous metals
— 12 Feb 2009 10:44 | TechnologyYale engineers have created a process that may revolutionise the manufacture of nano-devices from computer memory to biomedical sensors by exploiting a novel type of metal. The material…