Flavoring chemicals widely used in e-cigarettes and other tobacco products may be toxic to the cells…
Month: June 2018
Amber fossils provide oldest evidence of frogs in wet, tropical forests
99-million-year-old amber fossils from Myanmar provide the earliest evidence of frogs in wet, tropical forests.
Scientists identify enzyme responsible for vascular damage caused by aircraft noise
In a recent study, scientists have identified an enzyme responsible for aircraft-related vascular damage. The researchers…
Allergen in red meat linked to heart disease
A team of researchers says it has linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat to…
Plants open their pores and scientists strike gold
Plants containing the element gold are already widely known. The flowering perennial plant alfafa, for example,…
Endocrine-disrupting pesticides impair frog reproduction
In a new study, researchers have investigated how the endocrine-disrupting substance linuron affects reproduction in the…
Long suspected theory about the moon holds water
Scientists have discovered a mineral known as moganite in a lunar meteorite found in a hot…
Toxic leftovers from gold mine found in snowshoe hares
Even though it was closed decades ago, the Giant Mine on the outskirts of Yellowknife has…
Ancient mammal ancestor found and identified in China
A team of researchers from China and the U.S. has identified a new ancient mammal ancestor…
Antarctica has lost nearly 3 trillion tonnes of ice since 1992
It can be easy to overlook the monstrous scale of the Antarctic ice sheet. Ice, thick…