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Emerging Fungal Crop Pathogens Are Threat to Food Supply
A consortium of fungal researchers have merged their expertise to highlight the threat of fungal disease for our food security.
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Radiocarbon Dating Helps To Solve Centuries Old Mystery
Using a recently developed method, based on the presence of sudden spikes in carbon-14 concentration, scientists have pinned the construction date for an eighth-century complex in southern Siberia to a specific year. This allows archaeologists to finally understand the purpose for building the complex and why it was never used.
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Quick, Cheap Method for Detecting Glyphosate
Glyphosate is a very widely used herbicide and suspected to be carcinogenic, which is why a quick, low-cost method for detecting glyphosate would be highly beneficial. Researchers have spent more than a year working on a solution.
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Virus DNA Spread Through a Hospital Ward Within 10 Hours
Virus DNA left on a hospital bed rail was found in nearly half of all sites sampled across a ward within 10 hours and persisted for at least five days, according to a new study.
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Newly Identified Mechanism Enables the Development of Ultra-sensitive Serological Tests
A research group led by the University of Bologna identified a new mechanism to obtain serological tests that are quicker, more cost-effective and more reliable than those currently in use.
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Environmental Monitor Built Into Fabric With Smart Inks
Biomaterial-based inks could be used to respond to and quantify chemicals released from the body or in the surrounding environment by changing color.
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PFAS Found Throughout River Food Chain
Researchers from North Carolina State University have found PFAS in every step of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River food chain, despite the river not having a known industrial input of these compounds.
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Environmental Pollutant May Be More Hazardous Than Previously Thought
Researchers report on the mechanism that perchlorate , a chemical compound used in rocket fuels, fireworks, fertilizers and other materials and environmental pollutant, uses to impact and damage normal functioning of the thyroid gland.
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Waste Egg Finds Second Life in Protecting Fresh Produce
Eggs that would otherwise be wasted can be used as the base of an inexpensive coating to protect fruits and vegetables, researchers have found.
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Tracking Food Contamination and Beyond With Genetically Barcoded Microbes
In a novel solution that can help determine the origin of agricultural products and other goods, scientists have developed a DNA-barcoded microbial system that can be used to label objects in an inexpensive, scalable and reliable manner.
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