New DNA test will improve tracking of Salmonella food-poisoning outbreaks
The test may rapidly and sensitively distinguish subtypes of Salmonella, reports The Journal of Molecular DiagnosticsCredit: Public Health Image Library, ...
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Blood test offers early warning of chemotherapy-related heart problems
Accessible, cost-effective method could help doctors intervene before heart damage occursCredit: Hari Vishal Lakhani, Marshall University Bethesda, MD - Scientists ...
Can vaping scar your lungs? New insights and a possible remedy
E-cigarette liquid found to affect lung tissue repair process; inhibiting nicotine receptors may helpCredit: Richard Nho, University of Minnesota Bethesda, ...
UTEP researchers develop nanohybrid vehicle to optimally deliver drugs into the human body
Credit: Mahesh Narayan. EL PASO, Texas - Researchers in The University of Texas at El Paso's Department of Chemistry and ...
Novel coronavirus detected, monitored in wastewater
Within weeks of arriving on the world stage, SARS-CoV-2 has managed to encircle the globe, leaving illness, mortality and economic ...
Is it safe to spin-dry leafy greens in a washing machine?
UMass Amherst researchers receive grant to study common practice at small New England farmsCredit: UMass Amherst Some of the nearly ...
What did scientists learn from Deepwater Horizon?
Paper reviews major findings, technological advances that could help in next deep-sea spill.Credit: (Photo by Cabell Davis, © Woods Hole ...
How effective are cloth masks against coronavirus? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 20, 2020 -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is recommending that the ...
MDI Biological Laboratory-led program reveals high arsenic in well water
Levels in many Maine and New Hampshire wells exceed maximumCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — A program to ...
Intermountain Healthcare COVID-19 response teams to provide support to New York hospitals
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Hundreds of Intermountain Healthcare clinicians recently expressed interest in providing assistance to states facing major surges in ...
Stream pollution from mountaintop mining doesn’t stay put in the water
Stream insects and the bankside spiders that eat them carry potentially toxic selenium runoff from water to landCredit: Photo by ...
Coronavirus Vaccine: Where are we and what’s next? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 3, 2020 -- You might have heard that COVID-19 vaccine trials are underway ...
Coastal pollution reduces genetic diversity of corals, reef resilience
Credit: Zac Forsman A new study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth ...
Snake venom evolved for prey not protection
Credit: Wolfgang Wuster It is estimated that every year, over 100,000 human deaths can be attributed to snakebite from the ...
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