In the immediate term, McCormick says much more work is needed to determine the right balance of too much and too little ...

Molds and other microbial agents favor damp indoor environments, and excess moisture may initiate the release of chemical emissions from damaged building materials and furnishings. This new book from ...

Previous research has shown that the microbial communities found on the plants’ roots ... overall airborne pollutant concentrations by more than 25% (Nedlaw). The air in indoor environments is ...

The research uses an interdisciplinary approach between microbiology and architecture which aims to develop living materials embedded with beneficial bacteria for buildings to directly shape the ...

Some indoor environments are more microbially skewed ... They found the ISS was on the extreme low end of microbial diversity. One comparison in particular stood out to Haoqi Nina Zhao, an ...

Researchers found that the International Space Station's overly sterile environment may harm astronaut immunity by limiting microbial diversity. The study suggests future space habitats should introdu ...

Moulds and fungi have been living with us for thousands of years - you just might not think about them until they become a problem.