Combating Disease: New rapid diagnostic test for MRSA Superbugs

05/23/11 • -1 min

Today’s solution is a new blood test that can quickly tell whether patients are infected with an antibiotic-resistant bacterium that’s become a global plague. This superbug is called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or simply MRSA.

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Promoting Personal Safety and National Security: New nanomaterial detects and neutralizes explosives

Today’s solution is a new nanomaterial that could make the world a little safer by detecting and neutralizing explosives.

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Our Sustainable Future: “Green” cars made from pineapples and bananas

Today’s solution explains how manufacturers building hybrids that have excellent gas mileage, can create stronger, lighter, and more sustainable materials for cars and other products, made, in part, out of bananas or pineapples.