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Houseplant-Rabbit Gene Combo Cleans Indoor Air
The pothos ivy was genetically modified to improve chloroform and benzene removal from indoor air.
NASA Studies the Possible Cosmic Origins of Life
NASA researchers have created the 2-deoxyribose sugar component of DNA in a vacuum chamber that simulates interstellar space.
The Diverse Performance of Thin-Film Optical Coatings
A number of factors influence how an optical coating distributes light.
Implant Designed to Fight Battle of the Bulge
The device relies on vagus nerve stimulation to signal the feeling of fullness and suppress appetite.
FDA Warns That Some "Cake Glitter" May Not Be Edible
Much has been written recently on how little is known about glitter’s impact on the environment with some regions even considering bans on the nuisance material as it can move much like microplastics, entering oceans and, ultimately, food chains. Now comes word that humans may already be consuming the material.
Art, Architecture and Science Create an Immersive Experience on an American Lake
The installation, which was presented to the public in mid-December at RPI's Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, included field recordings, interviews and the sonification of mass amounts of data collected by the Jefferson Project.
Breast Cancer Biomarker Quickly ID'd with Printed Sensor
The inexpensive biosensor detects the HER2 biomarker in a blood sample within fifteen minutes.
Video: Studying Volcanic Eruptions in the Lab
To better understand the forces at work in volcanoes, researchers conducted a series of explosive experiments focusing on what happens when lava meets water.
Sharp Increase in Academic Scientist Dropout Rate
Half of those currently in pursuit of careers as scientists at higher education institutions will likely abandon those career plans after just five years.
What Lives Beneath: Characterizing Creatures in the Deep Biosphere
Bacteria, archaea and other microbes form a vast amount of carbon in Earth's subsurface — 245 to 385 times greater than the carbon mass of humans on the surface.
Biomedical Engineers Create Painless Method for Anemia Testing
A team of biomedical engineers has created a smartphone app that could take the sting out of detecting anemia.
Researchers Make Food Poisoning Discovery
Affecting an estimated 1 in 6 Americans each year alone, serious food-borne illnesses caused by Bacillus cereus, a common type of stomach bug that produces toxins responsible for inducing diarrhea and vomiting, can, in extreme cases, lead to hospitalization and even death.
Biosensors Track Metastatic Potential of Cancer Cells
The technology gauges the migration potential of individual cells based on the presence and modification of a specific protein.
Essential Oils May Be Used to Combat Persistent Forms of Lyme Bacteria
A laboratory study indicates that plant compounds may be more effective than current antibiotics at treating persistent Lyme bacteria and associated symptoms.
Graphene-Based Sensor Improves Food Safety
The sensor simultaneously detects multiple substances, including dangerous bacteria and other pathogens.
Anemia Screening? There’s an App for That
The app uses smartphone photos of a user’s fingernails to accurately measure how much hemoglobin is in their blood with accuracy on par with point-of-care protocols.
Upgrades Planned for LHC During Two-Year Shutdown
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the accelerator complex and the experiments are now stopping for two years for major improvements and upgrading.
Study Finds that Billions of Nanoplastics Accumulate in Marine Organisms in Mere Hours
In what is being called a ground-breaking find, researchers from the University of Plymouth have discovered that it takes only hours for billions of plastic nanoparticles to root in the major organs of marine organisms.
Video: A Simpler Approach to 3D Bioprinting Vascular Networks
Biomedical scientists and students need not have expertise in 3D printing technology in order to produce organ tissue models for drug screening or other applications.
Precise Atomic Clocks to Improve Measurement of Gravity and Dark Matter
Experimental atomic clocks have achieved record performance in three metrics: systematic uncertainty, stability and reproducibility.