Tag: Science

As many as 4,000 different prescription drugs run through our public water supplies as people pee them out or dump their unused supplies down the toilet.

Cells make proteins, which are involved in every process of life. However, not every protein turns out exactly right.

Scientists at the University of San Diego have figured out how to enter a cell’s nucleus without breaking its protective outer membrane, a feat that has been likened to entering the yolk of an egg without disturbing the shell.

A lot of sportswear is made with plastic. Running shoes, cold-weather vests, yoga pants, and more items in your wardrobe are shot through with polyester fibers.

Whether you have boundless energy or are habitually low-key could be an inheritance from your mother, according to new research from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Virginia’s Plenty Richmond Farm aims to branch out: its new growing system is designed to produce strawberries year-round from plants hanging off of 30-foot towers.

Researchers at Canada’s Western University have discovered a protein in a bacterium called D. radiodurans that not only arrests damage to DNA but also signals the body’s repair mechanism to come and fix it.

In 2008, Spanish microbiologist Pilar Bosch was wondering what she should research as a subject for her doctoral dissertation when she happened on a study indicating that bacteria could be a useful tool in restoring paintings.

Human trials are underway for SPG302, a once-daily pill from research-stage startup Spinogenix.