Could a probiotic for your house help to prevent asthma and keep illness at bay?
In the immediate term, McCormick says much more work is needed to determine the right balance of too much and too little ...
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Damp Indoor Space and Health
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 ...
Drexel University13y
The Biowall
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 ...
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The International Space Station May Need More Microbes to Keep Astronauts Healthy
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 ...
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Probiotic Design
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 ...