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Mar 10 | News
For decades, the traditional practice in animal testing has been standardization, but a study involving Purdue Univ. has shown that adding as few as two controlled environmental variables to preclinical mice tests can greatly reduce costly false positives, the number of animals needed for testing and the cost of pharmaceutical trials.
Mar 4 | News
Researchers from the Arizona State Univ. have helped advance understanding about the antibacterial activity of clay minerals and their ability to kill what the best antibiotics on the market can't touch.
Mar 4 | News
A Univ. of Calgary chemistry professor is a step closer to helping solve a complex problem in nanotechnology: the impact nanoparticles have on human health and the environment.
Feb 9 | News
Resistant wheat plants stave off attacks by Hessian fly larvae by essentially destroying the fly's midgut and its ability to absorb nutrients, according to a study by Purdue Univ. and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Feb 1 | News
As researchers around the world hasten to employ nanotechnology to improve production methods for applications that range from manufacturing materials to creating new pharmaceutical drugs, a separate but equally compelling challenge exists.
Jan 21 | News
Researchers at UC San Diego who last year genetically engineered bacteria to keep track of time by turning on and off fluorescent proteins within their cells have taken another step toward the construction of a programmable genetic sensor. The scientists recently synchronized these bacterial “genetic clocks” to blink in unison.
Jan 20 | News
Research at Iowa State Univ. has led scientists to uncover how the deadly Zaire Ebola virus decoys cells and eventually kills them.
Jan 11 | RDBlog
How pure is our drinking water? The answer to that question varies by region, country, etc. But what has begun to scare me is the threat of toxins polluting drinking water everywhere.
Jan 11 | News
A strip of paper infused with carbon nanotubes can quickly and inexpensively detect a toxin produced by algae in drinking water. Engineers at the Univ. of Michigan led the development of the new biosensor.
Jan 5 | News
Testing hair from Asian monkeys living close to people may provide early warnings of toxic threats to humans and wildlife. Since in parts of South and Southeast Asia, macaques and people are synanthropic, researchers hypothesized that these animals would be good sentinels for human exposure to lead in common drinking water.