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Post by kammy on Apr 1, 2011 10:44:35 GMT -5
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Post by kammy on Apr 6, 2011 23:00:38 GMT -5
Scientists Find Drugs That May Fight Bat Disease www.thestreet.com/story/10858585/2/scientists-find-drugs-that-may-fight-bat-disease.html""We found that two major classes of antifungal drugs have very good activity" against the bat germ, Chaturvedi reported Sunday in Boston at a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. The drugs include fluconazole, the most widely used antifungal drug, which is sold as Diflucan by Pfizer Inc. and in generic form. Four other drugs also seem highly effective, Chaturvedi said. Researchers also screened more than 2,000 compounds and found five antiseptics that greatly inhibit the fungus."
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Post by kammy on Apr 30, 2011 14:16:35 GMT -5
Wow! I just got an update from the folks back home. The storms in The South recently were devastatingly awesome! Here's from a friend: "It was twice as wide in Tuscaloosa...thing is it never left the ground in traveling across the state and only lost it's classification from in AL a E4 to Ga and E3...both of which are enormous tornadoes....it is just so much the news can't cover it all....every single case and coverage just as devastating as others....our sirens in town were going off and we had the wind but it was just amazing we didn't get hit...and lucky too" This is the biggest twister I've ever seen! Ringgold, Ga:
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Post by kammy on Apr 30, 2011 14:17:38 GMT -5
'I've been studying the correlation of large-scale fires to tornado activity. How long was Texas on fire right before this mass of tornados hit the South? All particulate matter that goes into the atmosphere affects the climate/weather: The worst drought in 45 years has spurred wildfires that have burned 1.5 million acres in Texas this year climateinsight.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/historic-drought-sets-texas-ablaze-and-may-last-into-summer/Tornado Threat Increases as Gulf Hurricanes Get Larger climateinsight.wordpress.com/science/extreme-weather/Journal of Geophysical Research: Scientists expect wildfires to increase as climate warms in the coming decades "The spike in the number of fires could also adversely affect air quality due to the greater presence of smoke. Previous studies have probed the links between climate change and fire severity in the West and elsewhere." Which way does the wind blow coming from Texas? www.usairnet.com/weather/radar/
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Post by kammy on Apr 30, 2011 20:52:57 GMT -5
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