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The 2D material hexagonal boron nitride is so resistant to cracking that it defies a century-old theoretical description engineers still use to measure toughness, according to a study by Rice University and Nanyang Technological University in this week's issue of Nature.
Dr. Christopher Mason/Provided Left: Heba Shabaan, a third-year medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College and Dr. Christopher Mason prepare to swab for microbes in the NYC subway system on June 21, 2020. Right: Subway turnstile being swabbed. Weill Cornell study: New species are all around us May 27, 2021 About 12,000 bacteria and viruses collected in a sampling from public transit systems and hospitals around the world from 2015 to 2017 had never before been identified, according to a study by the International MetaSUB Consortium, a global effort at tracking microbes that...
An international consortium reports the largest-ever global metagenomic study of urban microbiomes, spanning the air and the surfaces of multiple cities. The project, which sequenced and analyzed samples collected from public transit systems and hospitals in 60 cities around the world, features comprehensive analysis and annotation for all the microbial species identified -- including thousands of viruses and bacteria and two archaea not found in reference databases. The study appears May 26 in the journal Cell.
Different cities have their own microbial fingerprint, a global study reports "If you gave me your shoe, I could tell you with about 90% accuracy the city you came from," the authors boast. Reset An international team of researchers says that every city has its own fingerprint — in the shape of pathogens. Image credits Denis Poltoradnev. The largest ever genetic study of urban microbiomes (including both surfaces and the air in 60 cities worldwide) reports that each city has its own microbial fingerprint. The project sequenced and analyzed samples from public transit systems and hospitals i...
About 12,000 bacteria and viruses collected in a sampling from public transit systems and hospitals around the world from 2015 to 2017 had never before been identified, according to a study by the International MetaSUB Consortium, a global effort at tracking microbes that is led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.