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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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NOV 22, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A promising solution relies on materials that capture heavy metal atoms, such as copper ions, from wastewater through a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 20, 2020Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant microbes are considered to be a major public health threat. The overuse of antibiotics is thought t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the UK and France have discussed a mechanism of action behind the infamous Toxoplasma gondii ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 20, 2020Technology
What would likely increase the survival of a person with a deadly disease? Early detection—although depending on t ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 18, 2020Microbiology
Five people in Bolivia are known to have been infected with the Chapare virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever. Some infe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Cortisol, commonly known as the “stress hormone”, is the body’s built-in alarm system that sends siren ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Life on earth relies on clean water, something that is becoming more scarce. Researchers have found that if water is con ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2020Health & Medicine
Obsessive-compulsive order symptoms could be eased by cannabis according to a study published in the Journal of Affectiv ...Written By: Angela DowdenOCT 15, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A study published recently in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters has found toxic levels of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 14, 2020Health & Medicine
Lithuania-based bio Sanobiotec has joined a band of biotech companies moving into the synthetic cannabinoid market and a ...Written By: Angela DowdenOCT 12, 2020Chemistry & Physics
In a study published in the journal Water Research, researchers from The Korea Institute of Science and Technology ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 09, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New research published under the title “Fractal signatures of the COVID-19 spread” in the journal Chaos ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 05, 2020Plants & Animals
African elephants are a threatened species that are increasing in some areas but at risk in many others. There are proba ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2020Microbiology
Schistosomiasis doesn't get much research attention, but it affects around 240 million people around the world, killing ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2020Microbiology
There are many different strains of Escherichia coli bacteria, some of which live harmlessly in the human gut. But some ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists can use advanced genomics techniques to mine samples for all the genetic material they contain.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine you’re studying colon cancer using a colon cell line model. After three painstaking years of research, you ...SEP 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found evidence that humans in Europe gained the ability to metabolize the lactose, the sugar in milk, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2020Microbiology
Candida auris is a fungal pathogen that was initially reported in 2009. Its origins are unclear, but it has been found i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2020Health & Medicine
A Yale School of Public Health report published August 25 2020 in the journal Addiction confirms that it was neither e-c ...Written By: Angela DowdenAUG 27, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers say that a space rock that landed in Costa Rica on April 23rd, 2019, came from an asteroid that exists as a ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 23, 2020Microbiology
Some places in the United States have become dangerously polluted with hazardous waste. The EPA oversees a program that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2020Health & Medicine
Microplastics make headlines frequently these days, and a discovery from Arizona State University (ASU) researchers is b ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 06, 2020Plants & Animals
The Associated Press reports that the world's smallest and rarest wild pig species is undergoing its own virus lockd ...Written By: Tiffany Dazet
NOV 22, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A promising solution relies on materials that capture heavy metal atoms, such as copper ions, from wastewater through a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 20, 2020
Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant microbes are considered to be a major public health threat. The overuse of antibiotics is thought t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the UK and France have discussed a mechanism of action behind the infamous Toxoplasma gondii
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 20, 2020
Technology
What would likely increase the survival of a person with a deadly disease? Early detection—although depending on t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 18, 2020
Microbiology
Five people in Bolivia are known to have been infected with the Chapare virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever. Some infe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cortisol, commonly known as the “stress hormone”, is the body’s built-in alarm system that sends siren
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Life on earth relies on clean water, something that is becoming more scarce. Researchers have found that if water is con
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2020
Health & Medicine
Obsessive-compulsive order symptoms could be eased by cannabis according to a study published in the Journal of Affectiv
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
OCT 15, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A study published recently in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters has found toxic levels of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 14, 2020
Health & Medicine
Lithuania-based bio Sanobiotec has joined a band of biotech companies moving into the synthetic cannabinoid market and a
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
OCT 12, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
In a study published in the journal Water Research, researchers from The Korea Institute of Science and Technology
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 09, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New research published under the title “Fractal signatures of the COVID-19 spread” in the journal Chaos
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
African elephants are a threatened species that are increasing in some areas but at risk in many others. There are proba
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2020
Microbiology
Schistosomiasis doesn't get much research attention, but it affects around 240 million people around the world, killing
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2020
Microbiology
There are many different strains of Escherichia coli bacteria, some of which live harmlessly in the human gut. But some
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists can use advanced genomics techniques to mine samples for all the genetic material they contain.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine you’re studying colon cancer using a colon cell line model. After three painstaking years of research, you
...
SEP 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found evidence that humans in Europe gained the ability to metabolize the lactose, the sugar in milk, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2020
Microbiology
Candida auris is a fungal pathogen that was initially reported in 2009. Its origins are unclear, but it has been found i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2020
Health & Medicine
A Yale School of Public Health report published August 25 2020 in the journal Addiction confirms that it was neither e-c
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
AUG 27, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers say that a space rock that landed in Costa Rica on April 23rd, 2019, came from an asteroid that exists as a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 23, 2020
Microbiology
Some places in the United States have become dangerously polluted with hazardous waste. The EPA oversees a program that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2020
Health & Medicine
Microplastics make headlines frequently these days, and a discovery from Arizona State University (ASU) researchers is b
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 06, 2020
Plants & Animals
The Associated Press reports that the world's smallest and rarest wild pig species is undergoing its own virus lockd
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet