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Bacterium still a major source of crop pesticide | Science News
Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria have provided pest-fighting toxins for over 50 years. Source: Bacterium still a major source of crop pesticide | Science News
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Summary | EWG’s 2016 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce
Nearly three-fourths of the 6,953 produce samples tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2014 contained pesticide residues – a surprising finding in …
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Ribosomes as key to stopping bacteria
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Compounds that stop a cellular rescue operation for stuck ribosomes may bolster the nation’s defenses against biowarfare and bioterrorism, as …
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Malaria, Mosquitoes, and Microbiota Control | Popular Science
Researchers hope to find a microbial route to lower mosquito populations The Plasmodium parasite is commonly found in regions spanning over half the globe …
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Efficient Stem Cells Can Grow in Animals | DiscoverMagazine.com
Altering the growth medium boosts survival rate from 1 percent to as much as 40 percent. Source: Efficient Stem Cells Can Grow in Animals …
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AstraZeneca partners its way to a genomic bounty | Science | AAAS
Agreement with Wellcome Trust and Human Longevity Inc. will pool 2 million human genomes AstraZeneca partners its way to a genomic bounty Pharmaceutical giant …
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A new view of the tree of life : Nature Microbiology
An update to the ‘tree of life’ has revealed a dominance of bacterial diversity in many ecosystems and extensive evolution in some branches of …
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Widely used pesticide can harm bees in some cases -EPA – Business Insider
Source: Widely used pesticide can harm bees in some cases -EPA – Business Insider
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EPA moves to restrict paraquat herbicide | Cotton content from Southeast Farm Press
Since 2000, there have been 17 deaths – three involving children caused by accidental ingestion of paraquat. Source: EPA moves to restrict paraquat …
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Chlorpyrifos Pesticide Challenge | Earthjustice
In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned residential use of chlorpyrifos because of the harm to children exposed in the home. Chlorpyrifos continues …
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One Toxic Pesticide Is on the Way Out—With Many More to Go | Earthjustice
To grow food without poisonous chemicals, you need to buck the system. While Earthjustice has been fighting to ban a widely-used, brain-damaging pesticide called …
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Concerns About Drinking Water Go Beyond Lead | Earthjustice
The biggest source of water pollution in the United States remains largely outside the law. (Spanish language version available.) A headline in the Des …
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Nanostructures made from DNA
In order for a machine to perform work, it needs parts that move relative to each other. This also holds true for nanoscale machines. …
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Scientists harness nature’s transport system to the brain
Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) have derived a structural model of a transporter at the blood-brain barrier called Mfsd2a (1). This is the …
