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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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JUL 04, 2021Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a potentially serious threat to public health. There are a variety of ways that peopl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2021Immunology
Amid the widespread outbreak of the COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, the development of test methods that can efficiently ...Sponsored By: Blue-Ray BiotechJUN 28, 2021Microbiology
According to WHO there have been six cholera pandemics since the pathogen emerged from the Ganges river delta sometime i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2021Space & Astronomy
Modern spacecraft are typically made out of carbon fiber composites. Now, however, the European Space Agency has announc ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 23, 2021Microbiology
Oil drums full of old diesel fuel have accumulated and are contaminating soil at military outposts in Greenland that are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2021Microbiology
Escherichia coli bacteria are known to live in the gut, and they can also sicken people if they contaminate food that ge ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2021Health & Medicine
Prescription drugs in waterways may be altering the behavior of aquatic animals, according to a study published this wee ...Written By: Anne MedinaJUN 08, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Today, many scientists are investigating SARS-CoV-2 variants in their research projects. In order to facilitate screenin ...Sponsored By: Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.JUN 06, 2021Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning chicken consumers and people that keep live poultry at h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2021Microbiology
Francisella tularensis is a naturally occurring bacterium found throughout the Northern Hemisphere that is extremely vir ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2021Plants & Animals
Plastic pollution, from the great pacific garbage patch to plastic showing up in the food chain, is known to be a major ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Chemosphere considers the adverse effects on oysters resulting from the combinatio ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 26, 2021Microbiology
Foodborne illness can be prevented by cooking meat to a proper temperature and avoiding cross-contamination. But when th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A study published in both Science Advances and Science describes a new technology called the Neutron-Gamma Emission Tomo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 19, 2021Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) analyzes the speed at w ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 16, 2021Microbiology
Organic food has been touted as healthier, but that's been debated. While meat that is produced organically now has to m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2021Microbiology
What can we learn from a specimen of ancient poo? A lot, it turns out. Scientists have now reported their findings from ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2021Immunology
Salmonella infections are a massive problem—Over 95 million people are affected by this foodborne illness every ye ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 25, 2021Genetics & Genomics
It's been about 35 years since the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now researchers have investigated whet ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2021Genetics & Genomics
DNA from a very old skull is changing what we know about when and where early humans lived.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2021Space & Astronomy
An international team of scientists has found that each year, 5,200 tons of dust falls from space to Earth. This far out ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 12, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were shocked when they saw the results of a genetic analysis comparing various microbes from around the worl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2021Chemistry & Physics
In yet another instance of taking inspiration from nature, a research team from Nanyang Technological University, Singap ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 05, 2021Microbiology
Many types of bacteria often live harmlessly in and on animals and humans, but some bacteria pose a threat. Salmonella b ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a potentially serious threat to public health. There are a variety of ways that peopl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2021
Immunology
Amid the widespread outbreak of the COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, the development of test methods that can efficiently
...
Sponsored By:
Blue-Ray Biotech
JUN 28, 2021
Microbiology
According to WHO there have been six cholera pandemics since the pathogen emerged from the Ganges river delta sometime i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Modern spacecraft are typically made out of carbon fiber composites. Now, however, the European Space Agency has announc
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 23, 2021
Microbiology
Oil drums full of old diesel fuel have accumulated and are contaminating soil at military outposts in Greenland that are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2021
Microbiology
Escherichia coli bacteria are known to live in the gut, and they can also sicken people if they contaminate food that ge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2021
Health & Medicine
Prescription drugs in waterways may be altering the behavior of aquatic animals, according to a study published this wee
...
Written By:
Anne Medina
JUN 08, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Today, many scientists are investigating SARS-CoV-2 variants in their research projects. In order to facilitate screenin
...
Sponsored By:
Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
JUN 06, 2021
Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning chicken consumers and people that keep live poultry at h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2021
Microbiology
Francisella tularensis is a naturally occurring bacterium found throughout the Northern Hemisphere that is extremely vir
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2021
Plants & Animals
Plastic pollution, from the great pacific garbage patch to plastic showing up in the food chain, is known to be a major
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Chemosphere considers the adverse effects on oysters resulting from the combinatio
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 26, 2021
Microbiology
Foodborne illness can be prevented by cooking meat to a proper temperature and avoiding cross-contamination. But when th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A study published in both Science Advances and Science describes a new technology called the Neutron-Gamma Emission Tomo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 19, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) analyzes the speed at w
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 16, 2021
Microbiology
Organic food has been touted as healthier, but that's been debated. While meat that is produced organically now has to m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2021
Microbiology
What can we learn from a specimen of ancient poo? A lot, it turns out. Scientists have now reported their findings from
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2021
Immunology
Salmonella infections are a massive problem—Over 95 million people are affected by this foodborne illness every ye
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 25, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
It's been about 35 years since the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now researchers have investigated whet
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
DNA from a very old skull is changing what we know about when and where early humans lived.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An international team of scientists has found that each year, 5,200 tons of dust falls from space to Earth. This far out
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 12, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were shocked when they saw the results of a genetic analysis comparing various microbes from around the worl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
In yet another instance of taking inspiration from nature, a research team from Nanyang Technological University, Singap
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2021
Microbiology
Many types of bacteria often live harmlessly in and on animals and humans, but some bacteria pose a threat. Salmonella b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch