Most of us spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, so the quality of the air we breathe is important. Concerns about health issues, most commonly allergic reactions from inhaling fungal spores, ...

Every weekday, rain or shine, a microbiologist begins the morning by heading up to the roof of the Houston Health Department’s laboratory. She isn't up there for the view of the nearby Texas Medical ...

Houston Health Department microbiologist Christina Utz starts every workday at 7 a.m. on the roof of the Holcombe Laboratory to collect air samples from the previous 24 hours. She always has some ...

Using Aspergillus niger mold, we observe culture breeding and the formation of spores. Microscope images show the structure and method of mold reproduction, the properties of which are used in the ...

The Oct. 28 front-page article "FBI's Theory on Anthrax Is Doubted" reported that silica enabled anthrax spores sent through the mail last fall to become airborne. The article quoted unnamed sources ...