Fri 27 November 2020: As Albertans prepare for the cold, dry winter months ahead, many people are using ultrasonic or cool-mist humidifiers in their homes. But using anything other than distilled water may be polluting the air in your home, according to new research by University of Alberta chemists. “Our study showed that operating an […]
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Thu 26 November 2020: Aluminum – the material that severely transformed the world around us by solving many problems, from structural engineering to spaceflight or food packaging. Nowadays, we take aluminum for granted, because it has a broad range of applications in almost all parts of our everyday life, from healthcare to transportation. Yet, the […]
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Tue 24 November 2020: UCLA engineers and scientists have demonstrated that treatments with near-room-temperature, cold atmospheric plasma can kill the coronavirus present on a variety of surfaces in as little as 30 seconds. A study detailing the research, which was published this month in the journal Physics of Fluids, is the first time cold plasma has […]
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Sun 22 November 2020: For many years, investigators have been trying to pin down the tantalizing connection between vitamin D and cancer. Epidemiological studies have found that people who live near the equator, where exposure to sunlight produces more vitamin D, have lower incidence and death rates from certain cancers. In cancer cells in the […]
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Wed 18 November 2020: It’s hoped a new research breakthrough will lead to an early diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s disease, using the same technique often used to study the origins of the Moon. James Cook University researcher Dr Brandon Mahan worked with a team of French researchers at the Université de Paris, Institut de Physique […]
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Mon 16 November 2020: The protein, which acts as an ion channel, could be a target for new drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. MIT chemists have determined the molecular structure of a protein found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This protein, called the envelope protein E, forms a cation-selective channel and plays a key role in […]
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Sun 15 November 2020: Archeological research shows that cosmetics have been in use since antiquity. It is in human nature to care about the condition of our skin and to decorate our body. Substances used to make cosmetics evolved, starting from charcoal and natural pigments obtained from flowers and leaves to sun blockers, metallic eye-shadows, […]
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Sat 07 November 2020: Tunisian authorities have seized thousands of tonnes of harmful waste imported from Italy following an investigative report broadcast by local TV. According to RT, the Tunisian authorities blocked 70 containers of the waste at the Port of Sousse in order to return them to Italy, after checking an extra 200 containers including […]
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Fri 06 November 2020: Scientists identify promising candidate to combat COVID-19. By screening hundreds of synthetic mini-antibodies called sybodies, a group of scientists has identified one that might stop SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells. Using DESY’s X-ray light source PETRA III, the team could unravel how the sybody interacts with the virus. The scientists from […]
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Thu 22 October 2020: A new study warns that feeding bottles release high levels of microplastic particles when they are exposed to high temperatures. Scientists examined 10 types of baby bottles and measured levels of microplastics released when they were used to prepare infant formula, according to the study published in the Nature Medicine journal. The study […]
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