{"187771":{"#nid":"187771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nenes\u0027s Atmospheric Bacteria Paper Accepted into PNAS, Receives Worldwide Attention","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn January 28th, the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E(PNAS) published a study\u0026nbsp;that found the presence of living microogranisms in\u0026nbsp;the middle and upper troposphere, which is approximately four to six miles above the Earth\u2019s surface.\u0026nbsp;Athanasios Nenes, Professor and Georgia Power Faculty Scholar\u0026nbsp;in the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering, is part of this research team.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince this is believed to be the first study of its kind, the article, titled\u0026nbsp;\u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2013\/01\/22\/1212089110\u0022\u003EMicrobiome of the upper troposphere: Species composition and prevalence, effects of 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