Study confirms nitrate can release uranium into groundwater
Eight years ago, the data was sound but only suggestive, the evidence strong but circumstantial.Credit: Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute Eight years ago, the...
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Pusan National University researchers develop portable color-changing food spoilage sensor
When foods like fish, meat, and cheese decompose, they release a variety of low molecular weight organic nitrogen compounds known as biogenic amines (BAs). While...
Single-atom vibrational spectroscopy now sensitive at level of chemical bonds
Researchers led by Prof. ZHOU Wu from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and Prof. Sokrates T. Pantelides of Vanderbilt University have pushed...
Using optics to trace the flow of microplastics in oceans
Microplastics are tiny plastic particles less than 5 mm in diameter that have emerged as a novel marine environment pollutant. Microplastics usually result from a...
A fast way to diagnose type 2 diabetes: sniffing urinary acetone
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) accounts for more than 90% of the confirmed cases of diabetes. It has become a common metabolic disease and is expected...
How the “marsupial sabertooth” thylacosmilus saw its world
A new study investigates how an extinct, carnivorous marsupial relative with canines so large they extended across the top of its skull could hunt effectively...
The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health issues sweeping new report
Chestnut Hill, Mass (3/21/2023) – Philip Landrigan, MD, director of the Program on Global Public Health and the Common Good and the Boston College Observatory on...
3000+ billion tons of ice lost from Antarctic Ice Sheet over 25 years 
Scientists have calculated that the fastest changing Antarctic region - the Amundsen Sea Embayment - has lost more than 3,000 billion tonnes of ice over a 25-year period.   Credit: University of Leeds...
Richard McIndoe, PhD, will direct Coordinating Unit for new, national research initiative in diabetes, obesity
AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 21 , 2023) – Richard McIndoe, PhD, a bioinformatics expert and director of the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine at the...
For clues to healthy brain aging, look to the Bolivian Amazon
Some of the lowest rates of heart and brain disease ever reported by science are found among Indigenous communities inhabiting the tropical forests of lowland...
Department of Energy recognizes two decades’ worth of Argonne’s high-quality thermochemical data
The Active Thermochemical Tables join other highly regarded data resources in DOE’s Public Reusable Research Data.Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) The Active Thermochemical Tables join...
Spotted lanternfly spreads by hitching a ride with humans
Spring brings warmer weather, blooming flowers and the unfortunate re-emergence of the spotted lanternfly, a prolific invasive insect reviled for the havoc it wreaks on...
UCLA-led study uses base editing to correct mutation that causes rare immune deficiency
A new UCLA-led study suggests that advanced genome editing technology could be used as a one-time treatment for the rare and deadly genetic disease CD3...
Scientists use tardigrade proteins for human health breakthrough
University of Wyoming researchers’ study of how microscopic creatures called tardigrades survive extreme conditions has led to a major breakthrough that could eventually make life-saving...
‘Fishing’ for biomarkers
While a popular hobby for many, fishing is also a pastime full of uncertainty. Each time you have something on the line, you can never...
