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Pesticides
Pesticides: are substances that are meant to control pests, also including weeds. Pesticide includes all of the following: herbicide, insecticides nematicide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, antimicrobial, fungicide and disinfectant.
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OCT 08, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that the bumble bee is experiencing a population shortage, but now certain species may actually be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 19, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A specific chromosomal rearrangement in the mosquito genome seems to be responsible for a mosquito's preference for catt ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAUG 26, 2016Infographics
Did you know that honey bees, both wild and domestic, account for 80% of all pollination around the world? The bees are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 23, 2016Earth & The Environment
A couple of weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it had gotten an "unusually high number of rep ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 07, 2016Microbiology
Toxins and heavily polluted environments can have a big impact on human health. Sometimes, humans live and work right in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th ...JUL 07, 2016Cancer
When the Human Genome Project was completed in April 2003, scientists around the world rejoiced in the vast amount of da ...JUL 06, 2016Neuroscience
They’re making a list, and checking it twice, but they aren’t Santa’s helpers. They are a group of sci ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 05, 2016Videos
This video describes the catastrophe that hit saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan last year when about 200,000 of these critic ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 05, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 1 million patients in th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 01, 2016Earth & The Environment
For those of you golf lovers out there, you know that the landscaping of a golf course is an essential part of the golfi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2016Health & Medicine
At Vergenoegd Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa, people are wild for ducks. This vineyard starting using ducks a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 12, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 11, 2016Earth & The Environment
A casual trailside hike near the Cascade Mountains in western Washington in Mid-March lead to the foreboding discovery o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 29, 2016Videos
The decline in bees that pollinate crops has been getting a lot of attention. Due to some pesticides, the bee population ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 03, 2016Health & Medicine
Neonicotinoid insecticides kill and stunt growth of butterflies and bees - but perhaps even more dangerous is that the U ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Chronic exposure to an environmental toxin known as BMAA may significantly increase the risk of developing Alzheimer&rsq ...DEC 22, 2015Plants & Animals
Plants rely on pollination to reproduce, and while many insects can help with pollination, among one of the most importa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 03, 2015Plants & Animals
The common bee is attributed to Spring flowers and collecting nectar for the production of honey, but another important ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Plant parasitic nematodes, such as the well-known root-knot nematode and the cyst nematode, invade plant roots near the ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 16, 2015Plants & Animals
The drought in California continues to be a problem for agriculture, businesses and environmental concerns. As it enters ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 09, 2015Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 01, 2015Health & Medicine
Dengue fever is spread by the bite of a mosquito similarly to the way malaria is spread, but the Dengue mosquito, A ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
OCT 08, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that the bumble bee is experiencing a population shortage, but now certain species may actually be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 19, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A specific chromosomal rearrangement in the mosquito genome seems to be responsible for a mosquito's preference for catt
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
AUG 26, 2016
Infographics
Did you know that honey bees, both wild and domestic, account for 80% of all pollination around the world? The bees are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 23, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A couple of weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it had gotten an "unusually high number of rep
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 07, 2016
Microbiology
Toxins and heavily polluted environments can have a big impact on human health. Sometimes, humans live and work right in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th
...
JUL 07, 2016
Cancer
When the Human Genome Project was completed in April 2003, scientists around the world rejoiced in the vast amount of da
...
JUL 06, 2016
Neuroscience
They’re making a list, and checking it twice, but they aren’t Santa’s helpers. They are a group of sci
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 05, 2016
Videos
This video describes the catastrophe that hit saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan last year when about 200,000 of these critic
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 05, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 1 million patients in th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 01, 2016
Earth & The Environment
For those of you golf lovers out there, you know that the landscaping of a golf course is an essential part of the golfi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2016
Health & Medicine
At Vergenoegd Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa, people are wild for ducks. This vineyard starting using ducks a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 11, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A casual trailside hike near the Cascade Mountains in western Washington in Mid-March lead to the foreboding discovery o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 29, 2016
Videos
The decline in bees that pollinate crops has been getting a lot of attention. Due to some pesticides, the bee population
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 03, 2016
Health & Medicine
Neonicotinoid insecticides kill and stunt growth of butterflies and bees - but perhaps even more dangerous is that the U
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chronic exposure to an environmental toxin known as BMAA may significantly increase the risk of developing Alzheimer&rsq
...
DEC 22, 2015
Plants & Animals
Plants rely on pollination to reproduce, and while many insects can help with pollination, among one of the most importa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2015
Plants & Animals
The common bee is attributed to Spring flowers and collecting nectar for the production of honey, but another important
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Plant parasitic nematodes, such as the well-known root-knot nematode and the cyst nematode, invade plant roots near the
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 16, 2015
Plants & Animals
The drought in California continues to be a problem for agriculture, businesses and environmental concerns. As it enters
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 09, 2015
Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
Dengue fever is spread by the bite of a mosquito similarly to the way malaria is spread, but the Dengue mosquito, A
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich