The Building Science and Microbiology Disconnect

Did you know that NASA took on the project of creating the world’s greenest building? It’s called Sustainability Base and it’s located right in the heart of Silicon Valley. It boasts incredible energy efficiency and often puts energy back into the grid. And as it’s website says, it’s claimed to have been built to be “furnished …

Microbial biogeography of a university campus

Saw this paper by Ashley Rose and Josh Neufeld, “Microbial biogeography of a university campus” and just had to check it out.  Basically the authors conduced a survey of door handles across 65 buildings and three time points on the Waterloo campus.  What I think it most interesting about their results is the finding that …