Hospital Superbugs Now In Nursing Homes And Community

Hospital Superbugs Now In Nursing Homes And Community
Hospital superbugs that can break down antibiotics are so widespread throughout Europe that doctors increasingly have to use the few remaining drugs that they reserve for emergencies. Now these hospital superbug strains have spread to nursing homes and into the community in Ireland, raising fears of wider antibiotic resistance.

Nuclear Energy Research Moves Toward Greater Reliance On Computer Simulation
The Argonne National Laboratory is taking its nuclear energy research into new territory -- virtual territory that is. With the recent arrival of the new IBM Blue Gene/P and the lab's development of advanced computer models, Argonne has a critical role in making it possible to burn repeatedly nuclear fuel that now sits as waste, thus closing the nuclear fuel cycle and reducing the risk of nuclear proliferation.

New Image Mosaic That Will Strengthen Global Forest Monitoring
Much of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Bali will focus on monitoring tropical deforestation and the critical role of remote sensing systems in REDD mechanism development. Using data acquired by the Japanese Advanced Land Observing Satellite, scientists have completed the first-of-its-kind image mosaic for part of the Amazon. Images acquired globally over narrow time frames provide for "snapshots" of deforestation, giving leverage to monitoring programs that hinge on timely, accurate forest observations.

New Report Increases Evidence of Dietary Link to Cancer
A new report, based on thousands of studies, confirms that what you eat and how much you weigh influence your risk of developing cancer.

Vaccines Can Improve The Lives Of HIV-infected Children
A new review shows that HIV increases the risk of pneumococcal infection by up to 40 fold, that the disease is usually due to serotypes in the PCV, and that the vaccine can protect HIV-infected infants.