Chemistry
Universe Creates All Elements in the Periodic Table in 10 Minutes
Originally published in July 1948
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Biotech
Lung Cancer Screen Could Be Easy Pee-sy
In mice, a test for lung cancer involves nanoprobes that recognize tumors and send reporter molecules into the urine for simple analysis.
Environment
Meteorologists Rain on Cloud-Seeding Parade
Originally published in July 1957
Policy
COVID-19: The Need for Secure Labs—and Their Risks
Coronavirus research requires high-containment labs. Journalist Elisabeth Eaves talks with Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs about her article “The Risks of Building Too Many Bio Labs,” a joint project of the New Yorker and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ...
Conservation
Ocean Plastic Smells Great to Sea Turtles
Ocean plastic gets covered with algae and other marine organisms, making it smell delicious to sea turtles—with potentially deadly results.
Space & Physics
Carbon Conundrum: Experiment Aims to Re-create Synthesis of Key Element
An Ohio particle accelerator will test an alternative idea of how the universe’s carbon came to be
Chemistry
Test Proves Blood on Murder Weapon Was Fruit Preserves
Originally published in February 1857
Chemistry
New Party Food: Oxygen Cakes
Originally published in February 1907
Chemistry
One Reason Not to Leave Radioactive Fluid in Your Pocket
Originally published in August 1901
Culture
Wasp Nests Help Date Aboriginal Art
Art created by Australian Aboriginal people used organic carbon-free pigments, but wasp nests above or below the art can be used for radiocarbon dating that supplies boundaries for the age of artworks...
