The SciencesFebruary 26, 2015
Drugs for Metabolism Could Reverse Lupus
Immune cells in mice with lupus symptoms have overactive metabolisms, so scientists inhibited two metabolic pathways and succeeded in reversing lupus symptoms in mice
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The SciencesFebruary 25, 2015
General Mills to Remove Antioxidant BHT from Its Cereals
The action follows a campaign by blogger Food Babe, even though there is no scientific evidence showing that the additive is harmful in small quantities
HealthFebruary 24, 2015
Sun Damages DNA in Skin Cells Long After Exposure
Certain damaging reactions that can lead to melanoma-causing mutations may take hours to evolve and mostly occur after you get out of the sun
The SciencesFebruary 17, 2015
Dynamic Duo of Compounds Help LEDs Transmit Wireless Data At High Speed
A pair of semiconducting polymers helps create a pleasant white light that can both illuminate a room and transfer information
HealthFebruary 16, 2015
Light-Based Technique Helps Surgeons Excise Brain Cancer
A handheld Raman spectroscopy probe can detect cancer cells that infiltrate healthy tissue
The SciencesFebruary 4, 2015
Firefighters' Blood Holds Chemicals Related to Potentially Toxic Compound
A new technique helps to identify unreported fluorinated compounds in fire-suppressing foams
The SciencesJanuary 23, 2015
Self-Propelled Micromotors Take Their First Swim in the Body
Microsized tubes can now zip around in a mouse’s stomach and deliver cargo, suggesting the potential for improved functions of nanoparticle drug carriers and imaging agents
The SciencesJanuary 22, 2015
Designed Molecules Trap Cancer Cells in Deadly Cages
Sugar-like molecules self-assemble into a nano fiber web around bone cancer cells but spare healthy ones
The SciencesJanuary 16, 2015
Deep-Fried Graphene Spheres Could Make Good Battery Materials
Scientists sprayed graphene precursors into hot solvent to form pom-pom-like particles suitable for battery electrodes
EnvironmentJanuary 14, 2015
Levels of Persistent Flame Retardants Decline in San Francisco Bay
Controversial PBDEs have started to disappear in bay sediment and wildlife after industry phaseouts and government bans
EnvironmentJanuary 14, 2015
NYC Bans Expanded Polystyrene Food Containers, Opens Market to Alternatives
The chemical industry had fought for recycling of styrofoam materials to stave off prohibition
The SciencesDecember 25, 2014
Chemical Cocktail Lures Bedbugs and Coaxes Them to Stay Put
A mixture of volatile organic compounds and histamine, a compound we produce during immune responses, could enable cheaper pest detection and control
TechnologyDecember 22, 2014
3-D Printed Bone-Shaped Devices Change Color When Stretched
The approach could be used to build easy-to-read sensors or counters to measure the structural loads on a particular material
EnvironmentDecember 12, 2014
Consumers Hold onto Cars Longer, Making Exhaust Dirtier
The average car age in the U.S. has jumped, keeping new emission control tech off the roads
The SciencesDecember 4, 2014
Pantry Pests Harbor Plastic-Chomping Bacteria
Microbes in the guts of grain-eating moth larvae might speed the biodegradation of polyethylene
The SciencesDecember 4, 2014
Touch Sensors Can Now Mimic Our Skin's Detection of Stretching and Twisting
The technology could be used to improve the functionality of prosthetic devices and robotics
The SciencesNovember 24, 2014
Self-Assembling Nanococcoons Mimic Natural Viruses
Researchers have designed peptides, short chains of amino acids, that spontaneously package DNA into tiny capsules that could offer a new route for drug delivery or gene transport
HealthNovember 24, 2014
Cost to Develop New Pharmaceutical Drug Now Exceeds $2.5B
A benchmark report estimates that the cost of bringing a drug to market has more than doubled in the past 10 years
The SciencesNovember 18, 2014
4 Workers Killed at DuPont Chemical Plant
Methyl mercaptan leak appears to be responsible for the deaths at the industrial accident site in Texas