I saw that and it's not for "plastics" - it's for polyurethane, a plastic readily recycled now. From the abstract, it is remarkable that fungal growth was demonstrated under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions and polyurethane served as the sole surce of carbon. The extent to which PU...
Not sure what you mean by "more of a fungal 'growth' " but you're right - Pestalotiopsis are ascomycetes - and "mushrooms" are typically basidiomycetes. This genus includes plant pathogens. "Solution" to what? Consider this is polyurethane so not all plastics - it may be useful for disposal...
This is an animation. As consistent with relevant data and instructive as it may be, it is an interpretation. We still have no way to directly observe. It is hype to claim that it allows us to "see" the unseeable.
So a coating of Calcium hydroxide, chalk and soap? Just what do these guys think these poor folks wil do with the alkaline soapy water - bathe in it? I saw no consideration of the environmental impact Ignorant western dilletantes playing at science. Oh well - only 500 folks left and maybe...
Honey by its chemical composition is not that "antibacterial" - most of the stuff about its "antioxidants" is hype. That said, it does have significant physical antibacterial activity and that's attrbutable not so much to water content (%) as water activity. Water activity refers to the amount...
I do have a problem with the pedantic and pompous segmentation of science. It serves little purpose other than ego inflation.
Perhaps we should now explore Physicsforums-omics.
But I prefer beer-omics, that is unless there's also good scotch for singlemalt-omics then I like a...
"Purpose" is not appropriate unless you're buying into some superior being who/that rationally established the capability.
Reference to "function" is much better and you answer your own question in description.
I'd not count government to do anything - it has none of the personel or organizational capabilities, systems and certainly not the disciplne and focus to satisfy its own NDA process. One need merely look at the screwed up multi-governmental efforts for HIV vaccine to see this.
If every...
Lake Erie is an example of an invasice species producing a postive result. The zebra mussel invasion effecitvley filtered water so much that the lake became clear and cleaner and fish populations are doing very well. The algal blooms cited here have been attributed phosphate pollution...
Sure - define it as you will - knowing a lot about chemistry that hasn't established initiation of lifebut that was what they were hoping.
Truth is not arrogance. The credentials were offered largely in response to the claim of pushing creationism.
As a biologist who has written on this subject as well as the proper place for religious concepts such as creation as philosophy and not as science and who has never pushed creationism in this forum or any other, let me explain.
Science has not (yet) created life in the lab - so there are no...
It's cultural and it sounds that the environment in wnich you work is one where few use soap and deodorants so your with them.
The "toxin" and antiperspirant matter is urban myth. Armpits dump sweat - not toxins - and there is enough sweat elsewhere on the body to eliminate such mythical...