Recently Gabriela Solano and Alvin Menezes have joined our HR team. Initially, they will be staffing our internal positions and then positions within our upcoming projects. Those of you whom returned a Chemists Without Borders Application form will be contacted. Your chemistry and ancillary skills are vital as we fortify our organization. If you want …
Water-Gen, an Israeli company, has developed a new Atmospheric Water-Generation Unit using its “GENius” heat exchanger to chill air and condense water vapor. The clean air enters their GENius heat exchanger system where it is dehumidified, removing the water from the air and directing it to a collection tank inside the unit. The water is …
(or, A Hodge-Podge of Fact and Opinion) By Josh Kearns I’ve just returned from an arduous – but tremendously joyful – trip to a small village in the remote coastal mountains of Burma’s “Deep South,” Tenasserim Division. The trip took two weeks and consisted of nearly four days of travel – each way – over …
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Researchers have developed a new polymyxin-like lipopeptide to kill multidrug-resistant microbes (superbugs). In the past, when facing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, doctors could prescribe polymyxins. Polymyxins are lipopeptides that kill bacteria by binding to a component of the cell wall and disrupting ionic and hydrophobic interactions. Polymyxin-resistant bacteria have evolved so that they …
By Josh Kearns I’ve had a lot of unpopular ideas. Maybe the all-time most unpopular, though, is this one: The relatively short trips made by international humanitarian science/engineering and sustainable community development professionals for fieldwork, particularly to far-flung destinations, are almost certainly futile from an environmental sustainability perspective. Most of us in the international “humanitarian …