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Formaldehyde: Poison could have set the stage for the origins of life

(PhysOrg.com) -- Formaldehyde, a poison and a common molecule throughout the universe, is likely the source of the solar system's organic carbon solids—abundant in both comets and asteroids. Scientists ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hair analysis proves it: Legendary racehorse Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning in 1932

(PhysOrg.com) -- Phar Lap was a legendary racehorse that won many notable races. After its triumph in the famous Agua Caliente Handicap in 1932 in Mexico, the animal died in agony under mysterious circumstances ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells resists CO contamination

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles promise faster refueling and the ability to travel longer distances before refueling than battery-powered cars, but they are susceptible to poisoning by carbon ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 56 | with audio podcast report

New pseudoscorpion discovered in Yosemite National Park (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- It waits blindly in the darkness of granite caves in Yosemite National Park, moving little to conserve energy.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Cholera's nano-dagger: Researchers observe how pathogen decimates competing bacteria and human cells

Bacteria live in a state of perpetual warfare, with different species battling for dominion over their competitors and when pathogen, over their infected host. New research suggests that the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae, which ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Investigators predict, confirm how E. coli bacteria hijack cells' directional mechanism

Working in the emerging field of systems biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers mathematically predicted how bacteria that cause food poisoning hijack a cell's sense of direction and then confirmed those predictions ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Popcorn-shaped gold particles gang up on Salmonella

Take an ounce of lettuce, test it for 17 hours, and the results show whether that mainstay ingredient in green salads is contaminated with Salmonella, the food poisoning bacteria that sickens millions of people each year. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic changes tracked as bacteria become a fatal infection

(Medical Xpress) -- An unusual case could tell researchers more about the genetic changes that occur when a common bacteria, normally carried without any problems, on rare occasions causes potentially life-threatening ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find a way to detect stealthy, 'hypervirulent' Salmonella strains

A recent discovery of "hypervirulent" Salmonella bacteria has given UC Santa Barbara researchers Michael Mahan and Douglas Heithoff a means to potentially prevent food poisoning outbreaks from these partic ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Athletic frogs have faster-changing genomes

Physically fit frogs have faster-changing genomes, says a new study of poison frogs from Central and South America.

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Solar industry responsible for lead emissions in developing countries

Solar power is not all sunshine. It has a dark side -- particularly in developing countries, according to a new study by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, engineering professor.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

New study overturns orthodoxy on how macrophages kill bacteria

For decades, microbiologists assumed that macrophages, immune cells that can engulf and poison bacteria and other pathogens, killed microbes by damaging their DNA. A new study from the University of Illinois ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researcher shows how cone snails developed poison gland from spare gut parts

(PhysOrg.com) -- Canadian Louise Page, associate professor at the University of Victoria, BC, has solved a mystery that has perplexed zoologists since early 19th century naturalists first wondered if venomous ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 24 | with audio podcast report

Understanding lethal synthesis

(PhysOrg.com) -- The chemical reaction which makes some poisonous plants so deadly has been described by researchers at the University of Bristol in a paper published today in Angewandte Chemie.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds link between Parkinson's disease genes and manganese poisoning

A connection between genetic and environmental causes of Parkinson's disease has been discovered by a research team led by Aaron D. Gitler, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0