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£2.2M Collaboration to Fuel Drug Developments for HIV
News Sep 18, 2017A collaboration between the University of Liverpool and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSM) has been awarded a further £2.2M ($3M) to develop sophisticated new medicines for HIV.
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Air Quality in “Green” Housing Affected by Toxic Chemicals in Building Materials
News Sep 13, 2017Researchers tested for nearly 100 chemicals—including phthalates, flame retardants, pesticides, antimicrobials, fragrances, formaldehyde, and chlorinated solvents. Findings could lead to healthier homes, especially for low-income groups living in subsidized housing.
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A Cheaper, Faster Test to Detect E. coli in Drinking Water
News Sep 13, 2017Researchers at the University of Waterloo have invented a fast, affordable way for developing communities to test their drinking water for potentially deadly E. coli.
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Unprecedented Data on Atmosphere’s Organic Chemistry Gathered
News Sep 13, 2017The MIT team, as well as some of the other research groups, developed instruments that specifically targeted these hard-to-measure organic compounds.
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New Tech Enables Loading of DNA Into Sequencing Wells With Orders of Magnitude Higher Efficiency
News Sep 13, 2017A Northeastern research team has developed new technology that optimizes DNA sequencing using nanophysics and electric currents.
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PCR Identifies Fungal Spore "Death Clouds" Key to Holding Back Invasive Moth Species
News Sep 12, 2017A fungus known to decimate populations of gypsy moths creates “death clouds” of spores that can travel more than 40 miles to potentially infect populations of invasive moths, according to a new Cornell study.
Why Some Listeria Strains Survive Good Food Hygiene Standards
News Sep 07, 2017An “islet” of two genes located in one area of the Listeria genome appears to increase the bacteria’s survival under alkaline and oxidative stress conditions.
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Portable Mass Spectrometer Could Help Forensic Investigations
News Sep 05, 2017BYU researchers have created a miniaturized, portable spectrometer, with capabilities of its larger counterparts, which could help with a range of on-site forensic needs.
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Techniques Used in Forensic Science Help Discover New Molecular Fossils
News Sep 05, 2017Researchers in Japan and China believe they have found new molecular fossils of archaea using a method of analysis commonly used in forensic science.
Radiological Crimes Investigation
News Sep 05, 2017Results of materials exercises that evaluate new approaches to nuclear forensics will be presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in Washington, D.C.
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