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Extraction
Extraction: is a way to separate a desired substance when it is mixed with others. The mixture is brought into contact with a solvent in which the substance of interest is soluble, but the other substances present are insoluble. DNA extraction is a routine procedure used to isolate DNA from the nucleus of cells.
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NOV 30, 2016Immunology
For rhesus monkeys (and probably humans, too), popularity counts. A new study from Duke University shows that social sta ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 25, 2016Videos
You may have heard of cell transfection, a common technique used in molecular biology research and beyond. In this video ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2016Technology
If there’s ever going to be a totally secure quantum internet, we’re going to have to overcome some signific ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 14, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – November 14, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) re ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 11, 2016Videos
Passengers onboard an Aeromexico airplane flight were in for quite the scare last week as it turns out there was a large ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 10, 2016Videos
Hollywood TV crime shows are notorious for oversimplifying the arduous, complicated tasks of real DNA investigation. In ...OCT 25, 2016Microbiology
A cranberry a day keeps the doctor away. McGill University researchers found that cranberry extract helped slow the spre ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 12, 2016Earth & The Environment
Almost four years ago a group of Nigerian teens unveiled a urine-powered generator at Maker Faire Africa in Lagos. Duro- ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 10, 2016Neuroscience
The increase in heroin addiction and overdoses is an issue that is detailed every day in news reports, magazines and med ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s no fairy tale – Rapunzel Syndrome led to one 38-year-old woman hospitalized for severe gastrointestinal ...OCT 05, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Today’s chemical industry relies on oil to make everything from plastics to detergents to medications. Scientists ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)OCT 04, 2016Earth & The Environment
A new report entitled From Well to Wheel: The Social, Environmental, and Climate Costs of Amazon Crude, comes from ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 03, 2016Earth & The Environment
The extensive natural resources of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Northern Colombia have been plumaged from years o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 29, 2016Neuroscience
In science it's all about quantifiable numbers and results while emotions are more subjective. The two concepts are ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Bacteria present in poop can sway the fat content in our bodies. This is the startling conclusion scientists made after ...SEP 22, 2016Microbiology
As Siberia experiences warming temperatures and its ice melts, things are starting to emerge from what was once permafro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2016Cancer
Brain cancer surgery is an especially dicey operation when it involves removing a piece of the skull and exposing the br ...SEP 14, 2016Earth & The Environment
Poles apart. Night and day. Those are the easiest ways to sum up where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on environ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 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 10, 2016Videos
Thermo Fisher Scientific has produced another short, animated video featuring some very basic information about the poly ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Chinese herbal medicines have been used to treat various ailments for centuries. Some appear to be completely bogus (sna ...SEP 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Erbium. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The content of rare earth elements in US coal ashes shows that coal mined from t ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 19, 2016Plants & Animals
You know there’s still good in this world when you hear the story of how a Polish nature photographer named Krzysz ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2016
Immunology
For rhesus monkeys (and probably humans, too), popularity counts. A new study from Duke University shows that social sta
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 25, 2016
Videos
You may have heard of cell transfection, a common technique used in molecular biology research and beyond. In this video
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2016
Technology
If there’s ever going to be a totally secure quantum internet, we’re going to have to overcome some signific
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 14, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – November 14, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) re
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 11, 2016
Videos
Passengers onboard an Aeromexico airplane flight were in for quite the scare last week as it turns out there was a large
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 10, 2016
Videos
Hollywood TV crime shows are notorious for oversimplifying the arduous, complicated tasks of real DNA investigation. In
...
OCT 25, 2016
Microbiology
A cranberry a day keeps the doctor away. McGill University researchers found that cranberry extract helped slow the spre
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 12, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Almost four years ago a group of Nigerian teens unveiled a urine-powered generator at Maker Faire Africa in Lagos. Duro-
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 10, 2016
Neuroscience
The increase in heroin addiction and overdoses is an issue that is detailed every day in news reports, magazines and med
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s no fairy tale – Rapunzel Syndrome led to one 38-year-old woman hospitalized for severe gastrointestinal
...
OCT 05, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Today’s chemical industry relies on oil to make everything from plastics to detergents to medications. Scientists
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 04, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A new report entitled From Well to Wheel: The Social, Environmental, and Climate Costs of Amazon Crude, comes from
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 03, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The extensive natural resources of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Northern Colombia have been plumaged from years o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 29, 2016
Neuroscience
In science it's all about quantifiable numbers and results while emotions are more subjective. The two concepts are
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Bacteria present in poop can sway the fat content in our bodies. This is the startling conclusion scientists made after
...
SEP 22, 2016
Microbiology
As Siberia experiences warming temperatures and its ice melts, things are starting to emerge from what was once permafro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2016
Cancer
Brain cancer surgery is an especially dicey operation when it involves removing a piece of the skull and exposing the br
...
SEP 14, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Poles apart. Night and day. Those are the easiest ways to sum up where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on environ
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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 10, 2016
Videos
Thermo Fisher Scientific has produced another short, animated video featuring some very basic information about the poly
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chinese herbal medicines have been used to treat various ailments for centuries. Some appear to be completely bogus (sna
...
SEP 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Erbium. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The content of rare earth elements in US coal ashes shows that coal mined from t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
You know there’s still good in this world when you hear the story of how a Polish nature photographer named Krzysz
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard