Environment – Fob Blog

More than 100 bacteria species can flourish in microwave ovens

September 27, 2024 Fob Blog 0

Even the microwave oven in your kitchen is not immune to bacteria. The irradiating environment within a microwave oven might seem inhospitable to microbes. But […]

A whitish growth of Corynebacterium matruchotii bacteria

Some bacteria in your mouth can divide into as many as 14 cells at once

September 27, 2024 Fob Blog 0

Among the more than 500 species of bacteria that thrive in the human mouth, one seems to play by its own rules. Rather than reproducing […]

A health care worker wearing medical protective gear checks on a young boy at an mpox treatment center.

Even as vaccines for mpox reach Africa, questions remain about the virus

September 27, 2024 Fob Blog 0

When the virus that causes mpox jumped onto the international stage in 2022, countries around the world, including the United States, turned to vaccines targeting […]

Yotam Ophir looks at the camera with a slight smile. He is standing in front of a bookcase full of books of different sizes and colors. Ophir has short, dark hair and has short beard and mustache.

This researcher studies how misinformation seeps into science and politics

September 27, 2024 Fob Blog 0

TV stars and terrorists may appear to have little in common. But after watching YouTube videos by members of a violent terrorist organization, Yotam Ophir […]

Dionna Williams is smiling at the camera. They have short, dark hair and are wearing orange-rimmed eyeglasses and white lab coat. They are standing in a lab with their arms crossed.

HIV and illicit drugs are a bad mix. This scientist found an unexpected reason why

September 27, 2024 Fob Blog 0

It was as a Ph.D. student that Dionna Williams realized the fundamental flaws in how medical science treats people who have HIV and also use […]