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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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JAN 04, 2017Microbiology
Osteomyelitis is a serious bone infection, often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. These infections are dif ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 14, 2016Microbiology
Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite that causes intestinal illness in people and animals. For the immunocompr ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 24, 2016Microbiology
New work in Applied and Environmental Microbiology investigated the amount of bacterial growth on whole lettuce leaves a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2016Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2016Videos
Hollywood TV crime shows are notorious for oversimplifying the arduous, complicated tasks of real DNA investigation. In ...OCT 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
Certainly one of the things we will need to get very good at if we’re ever to send humans to Mars to live and stud ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Earlier in August, I reported on the fourth case of a brain-eating freshwater amoeba infection. Now, health officials ha ...OCT 18, 2016Microbiology
Ever heard that babies aren’t supposed to eat honey? What’s the deal? Honey is great! Yes, honey is great, b ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new test may detect the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob ...OCT 09, 2016Videos
You should never under any circumstance try to flush mercury down your toilet at home since it'll just contaminate the w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 05, 2016Videos
The average person touches about 300 different surfaces every half hour. Among these things are two of the proclaimed ge ...SEP 27, 2016Videos
Foodborne illness is very common, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that every year one in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2016Microbiology
Food poisoning sickens many people, and can lead to outbreaks of disease. Rapid detection of a common strain of pathogen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2016Microbiology
Albufera Lake in Valencia, Spain is a lagoon that set the stage for a recent study analyzing the ability of moths to tol ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2016Microbiology
Finding contamination in food is a very important public health concern. Infection from one specific pathogenic bacteriu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2016Microbiology
I like eggs - scrambled, fried, poached, you name it. What I don’t like is Salmonella. A new study from Pennsylvan ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a surprising new characteristic of one of Earth’s most unusual creatures, the water be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2016Plants & Animals
Millions of innocent honeybees were reportedly killed off in South Carolina this month by a potent insecticide that was ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 16, 2016Microbiology
Listeria gets a pretty bad rap. And I’ll be honest, it probably deserves it. This is what happens when you are one ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 16, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 13, 2016Microbiology
Researchers took the time to scientifically test out the common belief that if you pick food up fast enough after it&rsq ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2016Earth & The Environment
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook Oklahoma on Saturday, making it tied for the strongest quake ever recorded in the state ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell lines are a critical part of biomedical research, used in many fields and manipulated in seemingly endless ways. Ce ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2016Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 04, 2017
Microbiology
Osteomyelitis is a serious bone infection, often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. These infections are dif
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 14, 2016
Microbiology
Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite that causes intestinal illness in people and animals. For the immunocompr
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 24, 2016
Microbiology
New work in Applied and Environmental Microbiology investigated the amount of bacterial growth on whole lettuce leaves a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2016
Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2016
Videos
Hollywood TV crime shows are notorious for oversimplifying the arduous, complicated tasks of real DNA investigation. In
...
OCT 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Certainly one of the things we will need to get very good at if we’re ever to send humans to Mars to live and stud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Earlier in August, I reported on the fourth case of a brain-eating freshwater amoeba infection. Now, health officials ha
...
OCT 18, 2016
Microbiology
Ever heard that babies aren’t supposed to eat honey? What’s the deal? Honey is great! Yes, honey is great, b
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new test may detect the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob
...
OCT 09, 2016
Videos
You should never under any circumstance try to flush mercury down your toilet at home since it'll just contaminate the w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 05, 2016
Videos
The average person touches about 300 different surfaces every half hour. Among these things are two of the proclaimed ge
...
SEP 27, 2016
Videos
Foodborne illness is very common, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that every year one in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2016
Microbiology
Food poisoning sickens many people, and can lead to outbreaks of disease. Rapid detection of a common strain of pathogen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2016
Microbiology
Albufera Lake in Valencia, Spain is a lagoon that set the stage for a recent study analyzing the ability of moths to tol
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2016
Microbiology
Finding contamination in food is a very important public health concern. Infection from one specific pathogenic bacteriu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2016
Microbiology
I like eggs - scrambled, fried, poached, you name it. What I don’t like is Salmonella. A new study from Pennsylvan
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a surprising new characteristic of one of Earth’s most unusual creatures, the water be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
Millions of innocent honeybees were reportedly killed off in South Carolina this month by a potent insecticide that was
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 16, 2016
Microbiology
Listeria gets a pretty bad rap. And I’ll be honest, it probably deserves it. This is what happens when you are one
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 13, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers took the time to scientifically test out the common belief that if you pick food up fast enough after it&rsq
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook Oklahoma on Saturday, making it tied for the strongest quake ever recorded in the state
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell lines are a critical part of biomedical research, used in many fields and manipulated in seemingly endless ways. Ce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard