A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2007 confirmed what had become obvious to many health care professionals, specialists, and family support agencies: More children than ever before were being diagnosed with autism. Investigators called its prevalence an “urgent public health concern,” estimating that two to six in every 1,000 [...]
University of Missouri engineering researchers are in the midst of their first seasonal analysis of Columbia’s well water to help determine the source of cancer-causing byproducts in the city’s water supply system.
The microscopic image above shows silver nanoparticles attaching themselves to bacteria used across the country to remove ammonia from the wastewater treatment system. Chemicals released by the nanosilver probably inhibit the bacteria’s growth.
Image courtesy of Zhiqiang Hu
A University of Missouri researcher has found an increasingly popular nanomaterial kills bacteria used to clean the [...]
