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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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MAR 30, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Strategies to Improve Your Lab’s Blood Culture Process A blood culture is a routine laboratory test in which blood ...Sponsored By: bioMérieux IncMAR 15, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
There are many challenges facing our healthcare system today, but sepsis is undeniably one of the most significant. Seps ...Sponsored By: bioMérieux IncMAR 01, 2022Immunology
Bacteria called Legionella are commonly found in the environment, and they love to live in hot water. They can also caus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 22, 2022Cancer
Nothing's more maddening than cells that won't grow or cell cultures that won't attach. Stunted cell growth and erratic ...Sponsored By: Corning Life Sciences NingFEB 14, 2022Earth & The Environment
While we have known for years that plastics can leach chemicals into our food, especially when heated, we still use plas ...Written By: Samantha LottFEB 03, 2022Immunology
Researchers have created nanoparticles that mimic the effects of blood platelets to stop heavy bleeding. Biomedic ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 31, 2022Earth & The Environment
Fracking has long been a contentious issue in the public sphere. Detractors have long argued that we should leave the fo ...Written By: Samantha LottJAN 27, 2022Earth & The Environment
Feral swine have been part of the American landscape for centuries, though they are not native. Pigs were released to th ...Written By: Samantha LottJAN 26, 2022Earth & The Environment
Researchers at NASA are learning more about the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano days after its deadly eruption. ...Written By: Hannah DanielJAN 18, 2022Health & Medicine
370,000 people are drinking contaminated water in a state where access to safe, clean water is a legal human right. A ne ...Written By: Hannah DanielJAN 10, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There's lots of stuff we can't see in the air, and it seems that includes DNA. Two new studies in Current Biology have r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 09, 2022Cannabis Sciences
As commercial cannabis continues to gain traction in the market and popularity among consumers, the need to establish qu ...Written By: Nadine HusamiJAN 07, 2022Health & Medicine
A recent meta-analysis of research studies published in Toxin Reviews found that cannabis plant absorption of heavy meta ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 04, 2022Earth & The Environment
Clean water is required for all life on earth, including our own. But we have been steadily depleting the amount of clea ...Written By: Samantha LottJAN 04, 2022Cardiology
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a type of molecule formed from burned and unburned kinds of fossil fuels. Ot ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioDEC 23, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The parasite that causes Toxoplasmosis, Toxoplasma gondii is common, and is found in undercooked or contaminated meat, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2021Microbiology
Since the start of the pandemic, research has shown that face masks are an effective way to prevent the spread of SARS-C ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists in diverse lab settings often seek optimized technologies and methodologies that improve the quality of their ...Sponsored By: MilliporeSigmaDEC 06, 2021Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis cultivation has embraced tissue culture due to this approach’s many advantages. Tissue culture cultivatio ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 03, 2021Technology
Almost 3 million people a year in the U.S. alone are infected with bacteria deemed resistant to antibiotics, according t ...Written By: Ryan VingumNOV 23, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
False-positive COVID tests results—where the patient isn’t infected but receives a positive result—tri ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 02, 2021Earth & The Environment
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is made up of old or broken electronics we throw away. More than 50 million metric tons of ...Written By: Samantha LottOCT 22, 2021Health & Medicine
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning people who purchased an aromatherapy spray called ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2021Microbiology
On October 20, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that an outbreak of Salmonella food ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Strategies to Improve Your Lab’s Blood Culture Process A blood culture is a routine laboratory test in which blood
...
Sponsored By:
bioMérieux Inc
MAR 15, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are many challenges facing our healthcare system today, but sepsis is undeniably one of the most significant. Seps
...
Sponsored By:
bioMérieux Inc
MAR 01, 2022
Immunology
Bacteria called Legionella are commonly found in the environment, and they love to live in hot water. They can also caus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2022
Cancer
Nothing's more maddening than cells that won't grow or cell cultures that won't attach. Stunted cell growth and erratic
...
Sponsored By:
Corning Life Sciences Ning
FEB 14, 2022
Earth & The Environment
While we have known for years that plastics can leach chemicals into our food, especially when heated, we still use plas
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
FEB 03, 2022
Immunology
Researchers have created nanoparticles that mimic the effects of blood platelets to stop heavy bleeding. Biomedic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 31, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Fracking has long been a contentious issue in the public sphere. Detractors have long argued that we should leave the fo
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
JAN 27, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Feral swine have been part of the American landscape for centuries, though they are not native. Pigs were released to th
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
JAN 26, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Researchers at NASA are learning more about the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano days after its deadly eruption.
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
JAN 18, 2022
Health & Medicine
370,000 people are drinking contaminated water in a state where access to safe, clean water is a legal human right. A ne
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
JAN 10, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There's lots of stuff we can't see in the air, and it seems that includes DNA. Two new studies in Current Biology have r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 09, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
As commercial cannabis continues to gain traction in the market and popularity among consumers, the need to establish qu
...
Written By:
Nadine Husami
JAN 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
A recent meta-analysis of research studies published in Toxin Reviews found that cannabis plant absorption of heavy meta
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 04, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Clean water is required for all life on earth, including our own. But we have been steadily depleting the amount of clea
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
JAN 04, 2022
Cardiology
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a type of molecule formed from burned and unburned kinds of fossil fuels. Ot
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
DEC 23, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The parasite that causes Toxoplasmosis, Toxoplasma gondii is common, and is found in undercooked or contaminated meat, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2021
Microbiology
Since the start of the pandemic, research has shown that face masks are an effective way to prevent the spread of SARS-C
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists in diverse lab settings often seek optimized technologies and methodologies that improve the quality of their
...
Sponsored By:
MilliporeSigma
DEC 06, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis cultivation has embraced tissue culture due to this approach’s many advantages. Tissue culture cultivatio
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 03, 2021
Technology
Almost 3 million people a year in the U.S. alone are infected with bacteria deemed resistant to antibiotics, according t
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 23, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
False-positive COVID tests results—where the patient isn’t infected but receives a positive result—tri
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 02, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is made up of old or broken electronics we throw away. More than 50 million metric tons of
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
OCT 22, 2021
Health & Medicine
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning people who purchased an aromatherapy spray called
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2021
Microbiology
On October 20, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that an outbreak of Salmonella food
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch