Much of what we know about the cannabis plant and its effects on the human body has only been formally discovered in the past 60 years. A good deal of these pioneering investigations have involved today's Teach Me in 10 guest: Roger Pertwee, an emeritus professor at the University of Aberdeen.

The compound ozone, a known respiratory irritant, exists in high concentrations at flight altitudes, making the “fresh air” sucked in by air conditioners at those heights, well, not so fresh. In fact ozone exposure may be responsible for many of the short-term discomforts we associate with air travel.

In this 1-minute video, see the entire process for measuring analytes, such as protein, fat and moisture, in raw, processed and finished meat products using an NIR system.

Did you know that a calorie label only has to be accurate within twenty percent? It’s a wide margin, but it exists for a reason: calories are complicated.

Pint of Science is a non-profit organized entirely by a grass-roots community of thousands of scientists across the world. Join this Teach Me in 10 session to hear Praveen Paul, the co-founder of Pint of Science, discuss how the festival was born and where she plans on taking it next.

The Isotope Hunters at Eurofins (Nantes) investigate, also with isotopes, on food authenticity, to ensure consumer trust and fairer market competition. No matter the samples, wine, juice, honey, they are looking to identify adulteration and fraud in food and beverage.

We're back with another Teach Me in 10 episode. This installment of Teach Me in 10 features Tom Veale, a PhD student at the Dementia Research Centre at the University College of London. In this episode of Teach Me in 10, Veale talks broadly about dementia and Alzheimer's disease, the brain changes that occur and white matter's involvement in Alzheimer's disease.

Discover what causes acid rain, and how scientists were able to largely eliminate this major environmental threat.

The tagline for the Rechavi lab at Tel Aviv University, Israel, is "The Laboratory for Radical Science", and in this Teach Me in 10 installment, you will find out why.

Anti-counterfeiting tags to help identify knockoffs of popular handbags, shoes and other items are in high demand. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have developed tiny, two-sided “Janus balls” that show their colored side under a magnetic field. ACS’ Headline Science shows how these microparticles could help foil counterfeiters.