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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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MAR 26, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Lab-grown red blood cells are not a new concept. But culturing enough of these cells in mass quantities was the main cha ...MAR 22, 2017Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 22, 2017Videos
When gardeners and home owners want a nice lawn or big blooms of flowers, fertilizer is the key. In one Florida county h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 21, 2017Earth & The Environment
World Water Day is tomorrow and people everywhere will be gathering around the world at local water sources to join toge ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 19, 2017Microbiology
It can be incredibly challenging to give a patient the proper treatment when they are infected by an antibiotic-resistan ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A new tool has been created that can effectively identify substances in the blood or urine that cause cancer. A team of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2017Immunology
Before their eggs even hatch, fruit flies are protective over their offspring. After discovering a another protective be ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 07, 2017Microbiology
New work published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that bacteria present at very small levels in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2017Videos
Cholera is an intestinal infection caused by a bacterium, called Vibrio cholerae. The infection turned lethal when it fi ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
The UK has received its first shipment of gas fracked straight from the Peruvian Amazon - and activists are in an uproar ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 01, 2017Videos
The hospital is long regarded as a place of healing. After all, most of us expect to leave the hospital feeling better t ...FEB 28, 2017Videos
Thirty years ago not many people knew someone with a peanut allergy. However the incidence of this deadly allergy has ne ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 21, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Cherokee Nation and state of Oklahoma jointly filed a restraining order against Sequoyah Fuels Corporation to stop t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Mariana trench is one of the most remote places in the world. To get there one must travel 11 kilometers under the P ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists have identified a substance in oil that’s to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in fish exposed to crude ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 11, 2017Plants & Animals
Experts and residents alike from Hanahan, South Carolina are confused as to why this alligator specimen seems to be exhi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 10, 2017Microbiology
Image Credit: Invisiverse Some bacteria can already do it—generate electric current, that is—and those micro ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioFEB 07, 2017Videos
Mostly when we think of farms we generate an image of big fields of tilled earth. These farms all require soil, and can ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 05, 2017Videos
A dubious claim was made by researchers - they had retrieved dinosaur collagen from an 80-million-year-old sample; that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
News about President Trump’s executive orders encouraging the advancement of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pip ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 30, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine going to the doctor for unexplained stomach pains and end up having a 6-feet worm pulled out of your mouth. This ...JAN 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
The moon is the brightest object in the night sky, often illuminating the planet with reflected light from the Sun, whic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 25, 2017Earth & The Environment
To the sinking despair of all environmentally and human rights minded activists out there, our new president sign ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 20, 2017Videos
Almost everyone is familiar with Nutella, the jars of gooey hazelnut spread. It's chocolatey-goodness is a staple on bre ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Lab-grown red blood cells are not a new concept. But culturing enough of these cells in mass quantities was the main cha
...
MAR 22, 2017
Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 22, 2017
Videos
When gardeners and home owners want a nice lawn or big blooms of flowers, fertilizer is the key. In one Florida county h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
World Water Day is tomorrow and people everywhere will be gathering around the world at local water sources to join toge
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 19, 2017
Microbiology
It can be incredibly challenging to give a patient the proper treatment when they are infected by an antibiotic-resistan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new tool has been created that can effectively identify substances in the blood or urine that cause cancer. A team of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2017
Immunology
Before their eggs even hatch, fruit flies are protective over their offspring. After discovering a another protective be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 07, 2017
Microbiology
New work published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that bacteria present at very small levels in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2017
Videos
Cholera is an intestinal infection caused by a bacterium, called Vibrio cholerae. The infection turned lethal when it fi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The UK has received its first shipment of gas fracked straight from the Peruvian Amazon - and activists are in an uproar
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 01, 2017
Videos
The hospital is long regarded as a place of healing. After all, most of us expect to leave the hospital feeling better t
...
FEB 28, 2017
Videos
Thirty years ago not many people knew someone with a peanut allergy. However the incidence of this deadly allergy has ne
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Cherokee Nation and state of Oklahoma jointly filed a restraining order against Sequoyah Fuels Corporation to stop t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Mariana trench is one of the most remote places in the world. To get there one must travel 11 kilometers under the P
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists have identified a substance in oil that’s to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in fish exposed to crude
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
Experts and residents alike from Hanahan, South Carolina are confused as to why this alligator specimen seems to be exhi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 10, 2017
Microbiology
Image Credit: Invisiverse Some bacteria can already do it—generate electric current, that is—and those micro
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
FEB 07, 2017
Videos
Mostly when we think of farms we generate an image of big fields of tilled earth. These farms all require soil, and can
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 05, 2017
Videos
A dubious claim was made by researchers - they had retrieved dinosaur collagen from an 80-million-year-old sample; that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
News about President Trump’s executive orders encouraging the advancement of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pip
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine going to the doctor for unexplained stomach pains and end up having a 6-feet worm pulled out of your mouth. This
...
JAN 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The moon is the brightest object in the night sky, often illuminating the planet with reflected light from the Sun, whic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 25, 2017
Earth & The Environment
To the sinking despair of all environmentally and human rights minded activists out there, our new president sign
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 20, 2017
Videos
Almost everyone is familiar with Nutella, the jars of gooey hazelnut spread. It's chocolatey-goodness is a staple on bre
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim