This is a very old (relatively) research sample of lanthanum hexaboride. If that chemical name means anything to you, then you likely belong to the 0.01% of the living human population that has been privileged enough to have experience in the realm of electron microscopy, or possibly some other advanced technology involvingthe precise blasting of electrons.
Well-scrubbed hands. University of Buffalo researchers in New York published a study December 27 in the journal Infection and Immunity that found that Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes can live on surfaces such as toys, books and cribs for weeks or even months.
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. People with pneumonia often complain about coughing, fever, shaking chills, and shortness of breath. 1  Your body's immune system usually keeps bacteria from infecting your lungs.2  In pneumonia, bacteria reproduce in your lungs, while your body tries to fight off the infection. The most common way you catch pneumonia is to breathe infected air droplets from someone who has pneumonia. 2  Another cause is an improperly cleaned air conditioner. 3  Yet another source of infection in your lungs is spread by an infection from somewhere else in your body, such as your kidney.