For years, aquatic researchers have sought an easy way to determine when wild fish are under stress. Now University of Guelph researchers have shown for the first time that a key stress hormone, cortisol, accumulates in fish ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2019
0
3
Fewer dogs in Brazil may be euthanized unnecessarily after researchers showed that a new test is 95 percent accurate in identifying the deadly disease Leishmaniasis.
Biotechnology
Nov 13, 2019
0
4
In a remote village, an aid worker pricks a sickly toddler's fingertip, and like most of the other children's blood samples, this one turns a test strip yellow. That's how an experimental malnutrition test made with bacterial ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 25, 2019
0
64
Lab tests have confirmed that African swine fever caused the deaths of pig herds in at least seven villages near Manila and a multiagency body will be set up to ensure the highly contagious disease does not spread further, ...
Veterinary medicine
Sep 9, 2019
0
9
Monitoring and tracking biological threats or epidemics require the ability to carry out medical and laboratory tests in the field during a disaster or other austere situations. Expensive laboratory equipment is often unavailable ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 20, 2019
0
64
The Philippine agriculture chief said Monday that an unspecified number of pigs has died or been culled in backyard farms in recent weeks and a crisis team has been established to try to contain the still-unidentified disease ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2019
0
7
Cleanup work at fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral will resume later this month but under stricter lead-protection rules, amid growing public concern about toxic pollution.
Environment
Aug 2, 2019
3
10
Scientists have completed the first study of immune and genetic stability among a colony of penguins living in a remote corner of southern Antarctica.
Ecology
Jul 24, 2019
0
3
The football transfer deadline day is a highly anticipated event in any fan's calendar. Signing one or two key players can be the difference between winning the league or relegation. But before a footballer can be signed, ...
Economics & Business
Jul 8, 2019
0
0
Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital are taking advantage of a unique phenomenon of nanoparticles to develop a test for early detection of different types of diseases, including cancer.
Bio & Medicine
Jun 17, 2019
0
242
