The ultimate ‘smell test’: Device sends rotten food warning to smartphones
Credit: American Chemical Society When it comes to the "smell test," the nose isn't always the best judge of food quality. Now in a study...
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Break it down: Understanding the formation of chemical byproducts during water treatment
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech Synthetical chemicals are ever-present in modern life--in our medications, cosmetics and clothing--but what happens to them when they enter our municipal...
New nerve gas detector built with legos and a smartphone
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a way to sense dangerous chemicals using, in part,...
Winners of the 2018 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists announced
Credit: Courtesy: Janelle Ayres The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences today announced the 2018 Laureates of the Blavatnik National Awards...
Recreating the chameleon: material mimics color changes of living organisms
Credit: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Researchers at Nagoya University develop a composite material that, by adjusting its composition and exposing it to different types...
New ‘promiscuous’ enzyme helps turn plant waste into sustainable products
Credit: Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library A new family of enzymes has been discovered which paves the way to convert plant waste into sustainable...
70K opioid-related deaths likely went unreported due to incomplete death certificates
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, June 27, 2018 - Several states are likely dramatically underestimating the effect of opioid-related deaths because of incomplete death certificate reporting, with...
New diagnosis method could help spot head and neck cancers earlier
Oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) are the most common head and neck cancers, but are often diagnosed late. Now, researchers in Germany have developed a...
Obstetric trauma rates for forceps deliveries have increased in Canada
Trauma to both mother and baby during vaginal deliveries, especially forceps deliveries, has increased in Canada in recent years, according to a large study published...
Hip arthroscopy innovation represents paradigm shift for the surgery
CLEVELAND - Orthopedic surgeon Michael Salata, MD, Director, Joint Preservation and Cartilage Restoration Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Associate Team Physician, Clevelan..
To tell the sex of a Galápagos penguin, measure its beak, researchers say
(University of Washington) Scientists at the University of Washington have announced that, for a Galápagos penguin, beak size is nearly a perfect indicator of whether...
How water rules the world
Credit: World Scientific Why should I care about water when I can get as much as I want from my kitchen sink? That question might...
Women’s diseases that doctors must know
Credit: World Scientific Gynecological complaints account for a large burden of day-to-day practice in family medicine, in hospital emergency rooms, and to doctors under specialist...
The key to getting published in biomedicine
Credit: World Scientific Besides good content, what else can professionals in the medical and para-medical professions do to improve their odds of being published? Out...
Structure of major brain receptor that is treatment target for epilepsy, anxiety solved
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 27, 2018 - UT Southwestern researchers today published the first atomic structure of a brain receptor bound to a...
