New protocol for measuring background levels of drugs in crime labs
Credit: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) When crime lab chemists handle evidence that contains illegal drugs, trace ...
Month: September 2018
Dental research shows that smoking weakens immune systems
As if lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease weren't enough, there's more bad news for cigarette smokers. Researchers at the ...
Being older helps skin heal with less scarring, and now researchers know why
PHILADELPHIA - A compound secreted in the bloodstream could be the key factor that causes wounds in older people to ...
Lowlanders are no match for Nepal’s Sherpa, says UBC Okanagan study
Credit: UBC Okanagan The Sherpa people of the Himalayas have long been recognized for their unique ability to excel physically ...
Giddy up: help for plump ponies is fast on its way
Credit: QUT: Anthony Weate QUT Professor Martin Sillence, from QUT's School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, said a new ...
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) put to the test
The long-chain compounds perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) are the most commonly examined substances in the subgroup of ...
Reclassification recommendations for drug in ‘magic mushrooms’
Credit: Credit: Paul Stamets In an evaluation of the safety and abuse research on the drug in hallucinogenic mushrooms, Johns ...
Sunflower pollen has medicinal, protective effects on bees
Credit: Jonathan Giacomini, NC State University With bee populations in decline, a new study offers hope for a relatively simple ...
Researchers identify marker in brain associated with aggression in children
Credit: Tim Schoon, University of Iowa Imagine a situation where one child is teasing another. While the child doing the ...
Better water purification methods are aim of new research center
AUSTIN, Texas -- With rising demand and dwindling supply, water is perhaps Earth's most critical natural resource. One way to ...
Study: Microbial dark matter dominates Earth’s environments
Uncultured microbes--those whose characteristics have never been described because they have not yet been grown in a lab culture--could be ...
UC Riverside researchers find potent chemical agents that can thwart cancer metastasis
Credit: Carrie Rosema Recently, a research team led by Maurizio Pellecchia at the University of California, Riverside, discovered a way ...
UMass Amherst food scientists profile microbes at a fermented vegetable facility
Credit: Real Pickles, Valley Lightworks AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientists have mapped and characterized microbial populations ...
DOE announces $218 million for quantum information science
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $218 million in funding for 85 research awards in the important emerging field ...
Climate change not main driver of amphibian decline
Credit: Brad Glorioso/US Geologic Survey While a warming climate in recent decades may be a factor in the waning of ...
Salk Institute’s Tatyana Sharpee elected 2018 Fellow of American Physical Society
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(September 25, 2018) Salk Associate Professor Tatyana Sharpee, a member of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, has ...
Study: Antibiotics destroy immune cells and worsen oral infection
New research shows that the body's own microbes are effective in maintaining immune cells and killing certain oral infections. A ...
How reliable are turtles for measuring ocean trash and marine health?
Credit: Bo Blinski Master Honu When a sea turtle turns up dead on the beach, it often makes the news, ...
Once majestic Atlantic Forest ’empty’ after 500 years of over-exploitation
New research finds that 500 years of over-exploitation has halved mammal populations in South America's once majestic Atlantic Forest. A ...
Fuels without fossils
Credit: University of Delaware Two chemical engineers at the University of Delaware are developing new, better ways to produce fuels ...
