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Contaminant
Contaminants are substances that make something impure or undesirable. Contaminants can impact various environments such as air, water, or soil. In addition, biological samples can become contaminated compromise the results of tests perdormed in medical or research laboratories.
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APR 20, 2025Earth & The Environment
Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
Everything on Earth and made on Earth is awash in microbial contamination, which persists through intense decontaminatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2024Earth & The Environment
In the 1950s, Dupont developed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, which were integrated into a huge array of p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
With astonishing advances in molecular biology, cell and gene therapies represent a new class of pharmaceuticals availab ...Sponsored By: Single Use SupportFEB 27, 2024Health & Medicine
Have you ever wondered why endotoxin testing is crucial? Endotoxins are toxic substances found in the outer membrane of ...FEB 19, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic wasting disease, discovered in 1967, has since spread among deer, elk, moose, and other cervids to 23 US states, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can clean drinking water be produced in the simplest most cost-effective way possible? This is what a recent study p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 13, 2024Technology
A team of researchers at the University of Southampton have uncovered new details about how to use ultraviolet light to ...Written By: Ryan VingumJAN 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Mercury (Hg) is an extremely toxic element. The use of mercury in industry is being phased out in many places ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2024Earth & The Environment
Plastics are made from fossil fuels, and plastic production is a major contributor to climate change. Plastic is a tough ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2023Microbiology
In a new study that assessed seventeen research reports from eleven countries, scientists determined that cat ownership ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2023Earth & The Environment
Are humans disrupting the Earth’s salt cycle through deicing roads and other salt activities? This is what a recen ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 15, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
"Flips the field of microbiology on its head" by revealing the compartmentalization of biochemical processes in bacteria ...Written By: Amielle MorenoNOV 11, 2023Cancer
Today marks Veterans Day in the United States, a celebration of the men and women who have served and sacrificed for thi ...Written By: Katie KokolusNOV 02, 2023Cannabis Sciences
A recent review published in Frontiers in Microbiology examined the risk of fungi and other pathogens potentially contam ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 01, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment examines the human impact of salt on the environment, ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 18, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study being presented today at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines var ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 17, 2023Cancer
Introduction CAR-T therapies represent a new successful strategy for the treatment of hematological malignancies; howeve ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalOCT 16, 2023Earth & The Environment
Glyphosate is an active ingredient in the most commonly used herbicide in the world, Roundup.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters examines how spacecraft carrying lunar samples being returned t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 28, 2023Cannabis Sciences
A study revealed a significant contrast in safety between cannabis grown for the legal versus illegal markets in Canada. ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 26, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Astrophysical Journal Letters used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to analyze ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 12, 2023Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the MARUM Research Facility at the University of Bremen are coordinating an effort to potentially explo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 20, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Everything on Earth and made on Earth is awash in microbial contamination, which persists through intense decontaminatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In the 1950s, Dupont developed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, which were integrated into a huge array of p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
With astonishing advances in molecular biology, cell and gene therapies represent a new class of pharmaceuticals availab
...
Sponsored By:
Single Use Support
FEB 27, 2024
Health & Medicine
Have you ever wondered why endotoxin testing is crucial? Endotoxins are toxic substances found in the outer membrane of
...
FEB 19, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic wasting disease, discovered in 1967, has since spread among deer, elk, moose, and other cervids to 23 US states,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can clean drinking water be produced in the simplest most cost-effective way possible? This is what a recent study p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 13, 2024
Technology
A team of researchers at the University of Southampton have uncovered new details about how to use ultraviolet light to
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JAN 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Mercury (Hg) is an extremely toxic element. The use of mercury in industry is being phased out in many places ...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are made from fossil fuels, and plastic production is a major contributor to climate change. Plastic is a tough
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2023
Microbiology
In a new study that assessed seventeen research reports from eleven countries, scientists determined that cat ownership
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Are humans disrupting the Earth’s salt cycle through deicing roads and other salt activities? This is what a recen
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 15, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
"Flips the field of microbiology on its head" by revealing the compartmentalization of biochemical processes in bacteria
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
NOV 11, 2023
Cancer
Today marks Veterans Day in the United States, a celebration of the men and women who have served and sacrificed for thi
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 02, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A recent review published in Frontiers in Microbiology examined the risk of fungi and other pathogens potentially contam
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 01, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment examines the human impact of salt on the environment,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 18, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study being presented today at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines var
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 17, 2023
Cancer
Introduction CAR-T therapies represent a new successful strategy for the treatment of hematological malignancies; howeve
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
OCT 16, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Glyphosate is an active ingredient in the most commonly used herbicide in the world, Roundup.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters examines how spacecraft carrying lunar samples being returned t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 28, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A study revealed a significant contrast in safety between cannabis grown for the legal versus illegal markets in Canada.
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 26, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Astrophysical Journal Letters used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to analyze
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 12, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the MARUM Research Facility at the University of Bremen are coordinating an effort to potentially explo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc